Von Neumann
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John, 1903–57, U.S. mathematician, born in Hungary.
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von NeumannnounJohn. 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
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[von noi-mahn, -muhn]
/ vɒn ˈnɔɪ mɑn, -mən /
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von Neumann
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/ vɒn ˈnjuːmən, fɒn- /
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This season, we focus on Klára Dán Von Neumann, who wrote some of the earliest lines of computer code, in the 1940s.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 21, 2022
By the 1970s, Connes had made strides towards a complete classification of particular systems of operators known as Von Neumann algebras.
From Nature ● Sep. 28, 2020
Von Neumann and Metropolis sent more than 20,000 cards back to the nuclear scientists at Los Alamos, tracing the progress of simulated neutrons through detonating warheads.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2019
John Von Neumann had an answer to that question at a seminar at the IAS in Princeton in the late 1940s.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2018
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
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
Game theory was first presented in "The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior," published in 1944 by mathematicians and economists Oskar Morgenstern and John von Neumann.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 6, 2024
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
We saw the story over and over again: computer programmer Klára Dán von Neumann was a pioneer in weather forecasting.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 2, 2022
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