Prisoner’s dilemma

William Poundstone9780385415804, 038541580X

John von Neumann invented the digital computer, played a key role in the development of the atom bomb, constructed a branch of mathematics known as game theory, and became a defender of a movement to bomb the Russians before they could bomb us. Now comes a biography of this controversial genius and an exploration of his greatest idea–one that nearly triggered a nuclear war in 1950. Photographs.