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Jordan Ellenberg

Jordan Ellenberg is a professor of mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His most recent book is Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Absolutely Everything.

Americans to Celebrate: The Prophet of the Atomic Age

John von Neumann, the Hungarian immigrant who invented game theory and shaped America’s nuclear strategy, also believed the technologies he developed…

November 24, 2025

Jordan Ellenberg

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