Maniac

Benjamín Labatut's new novel about John von Neumann, one of the most brilliant and groundbreaking thinkers of the 20th centuryHe is an exceptional talent as admired as he is feared: John von Neumann. From the early 20. MANIAC tells the story of John von Neumann, who first lived in Berlin and Budapest and fled to the USA in the 1930s to escape the Nazis. He was instrumental in the Manhattan Project, the construction of the USA's atomic bomb in Los Alamos, and made the construction of the hydrogen bomb possible with his computer MANIAC. In addition, he enjoyed his life with cars, alcohol and affairs. MANIAC narrates the life of this exceptional phenomenon and bon vivant in many voices from the perspective of Neumann's companions, his partners, school friends and fellow scientists.Unabridged reading with Thorsten Giese, Günter Schoßböck, Luise Georgi, Wenzel Banneyer, Danne Hoffmann, Stefan Kaminsky, Thomas Dehler, Andreas Keller, Michael Schrodt, Claudia Grä f, Alexander Gamnitzerf, Alexander Gamnitzer, Konstantin Marsch, Kevin Körber, Patrick Imhof, Anna-Lena Zühlke, Nils Andre Brünnig2 MP3-CDs, 10h 29min.