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John von Neumann

Born

in Hungary

December 28, 1903

Died

February 08, 1957

Genre

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John von Neumann (Hungarian: margittai Neumann János Lajos) was a Hungarian American[1] mathematician who made major contributions to a vast range of fields,[2] including set theory, functional analysis, quantum mechanics, ergodic theory, continuous geometry, economics and game theory, computer science, numerical analysis, hydrodynamics (of explosions), and statistics, as well as many other mathematical fields. He is generally regarded as one of the foremost mathematicians of the 20th century. The mathematician Jean Dieudonné called von Neumann "the last of the great mathematicians." Even in Budapest, in the time that produced Szilárd (1898), Wigner (1902), and Teller (1908) his brilliance stood out. Most notably, von Neumann was a pioneer ...more

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	The Computer and the Brain by John von Neumann, Paul M. Churchland (Foreword by), Patricia S. Churchland (Foreword by) 3.91 avg rating — 856 ratings — published 1958 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Theory of Games and Economic Behavior by John von Neumann, Oskar Morgenstern, Ariel Rubinstein (Afterword) 4.16 avg rating — 397 ratings — published 1944 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics 4.24 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1955 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bilgisayar ve Beyin 3.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1958	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John von Neumann: Selected Letters by John von Neumann, Miklós Rédei (Editor) 4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1945 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Continuous Geometry 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1960 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El ordenador y el cerebro 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Functional Operators, Volume 1: Measures and Integrals. (AM-21) (Annals of Mathematics Studies, 21) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1950 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Neumann Compendium (World Scientific Series in 20th Century Mathematics, 1) 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.”
― John von Neumann

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“Young man, in mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.”
― John von Neumann

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“There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about”
― John von Neumann

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