When I was in high school, some of the few books I read were biographies of scientists around the Manhattan Project. I was unnecessarily obsessed with the topic. John Von Neumann was the stand-out. He was not only absurdly brilliant but also a hero of mine. I had aspirations of becoming a Mathematician. This book is centered more around the major works of Von Neumann and is a good reminder of his influence and how his influence had ripple effects on so many others.
In a way, John Von Neumann was the Forrest Gump of the major technologies in the twentieth century. From Quantum Mechanics to the Atomic Bomb to modern Computer Architecture to Game Theory and beyond, he was there.