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Von Neumann rejected most games as unsuitable to the task, especially those like checkers or chess in which both players can see all the pieces on the board and share the same information.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2022
Jones’s main focus continued to be Von Neumann algebras and their connections to other fields.
From Nature ● Sep. 28, 2020
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
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
This is a bonus episode for our second season, “A Grasshopper in Very Tall Grass,” which was all about Klára Dán von Neumann, Klári to her friends and family.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 2, 2022
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