Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe by George Dyson. The brilliance of John von Neumann is on full display, not least his brilliance in gath

Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe by George Dyson. The brilliance of John von Neumann is on full display, not least his brilliance in gathering amazingly talented people for one of the most ambitious projects ever--the creation of a stored-program computer--and creating the kind of community and sense of purpose that scarcely exists in our current world of commercialized technology.