Analysis suggests that the two pioneers of quantum mechanics, Niels Bohr and John von Neumann, may have had more similar views than previously thought regarding the nature of quantum systems, and the ...

In May, we lost after a long and full life of ninety years the economist Marina von Neumann Whitman. Among a host of accomplishments, von Neumann Whitman was the first to coin a name, in the mid-1970s ...

John von Neumann came about as close as humanly possible to embodying the Platonic ideal of a genius. Conversant in ancient Greek by age 6, the Hungarian made significant mathematical advances in his ...

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Middle-sized, plumpish John von Neumann was a man people liked on sight. Those who barely knew him called him Johnny; he might have been a popular restaurateur or candy-shop proprietor. He was, ...

John von Neumann, one of the most incredible Hungarian-born scientists of all time, was named Man of the Century by the Financial Times in 1999. Among other scientific works, Neumann pioneered game ...

John von Neumann (1903–1957), a Hungarian-born mathematician, cannot be described merely as a "mathematician." He was a "comprehensive scientist" who significantly influenced our society as a computer ...

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