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  Von Neumann

  noun

  John, 1903–57, U.S. mathematician, born in Hungary.
• von Neumann
  von Neumann

  noun

  John. 1903–57, US mathematician, born in Hungary. He formulated game theory and contributed to the development of the atomic bomb and to the development of the stored-program computer ( von Neumann machine )

Von Neumann

American  

[von noi-mahn, -muhn] / vɒn ˈnɔɪ mɑn, -mən /

noun

1. John, 1903–57, U.S. mathematician, born in Hungary.

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von Neumann British  

/ fɒn, vɒn ˈnjuːmən /

noun

1. John. 1903–57, US mathematician, born in Hungary. He formulated game theory and contributed to the development of the atomic bomb and to the development of the stored-program computer ( von Neumann machine )

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Jones’s main focus continued to be Von Neumann algebras and their connections to other fields.

From Nature ● Sep. 28, 2020

John Von Neumann was a prodigy and was a pretty normal guy except for the polymath type stuff.

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2018

Horgan: I read that John Von Neumann suggested you should use the word "entropy" as a measure of information because that no one understands entropy and so you can win arguments about your theory.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 30, 2017

When people talk about human genius, John Von Neumann often pops up.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2017

Through his boss at Birkbeck, JD Bernal, he got a six-month Rockefeller Scholarship to Princeton which he spent time talking to computer pioneer John Von Neumann.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2016

But real brains are not von Neumann machines, and forcing that comparison leads to shaky metaphors and fragile explanations.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 24, 2025

It was back in 1958 that the concept of "the singularity" was attributed posthumously to Hungarian-born mathematician John von Neumann.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025

His latest is about John von Neumann, the Hungarian polymath whose work on the Manhattan Project led to breakthroughs in quantum physics that are still unfolding today.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

First popularized in the October 1970 edition of Scientific American, this was a concept for a game that expanded on von Neumann and Ulam’s rules.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 6, 2023

As argued by John von Neumann in 1939, the number of such devices could increase exponentially with time if they self-replicate, a quality enabled by 3D printing and AI technologies.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2022