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Turing's Cathedral by George Dyson — WisdomDeck honest review

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Turing's Cathedral

by George Dyson

The Institute for Advanced Study's computer, von Neumann, the hydrogen bomb and the origins of the digital universe. Dense, archival, visionary.

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Three things you will actually use

Bombs and bits were born together.
Von Neumann architected it.
The digital universe is young.

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Read the chapters on von Neumann.

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Dyson's cathedral.

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