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John Von Neumann

1903 - 1957

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 of the application of operator theory to quantum mechanics, a principal member of the Manhattan Project and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton (as one of the few originally appointed), and a key figure in the development of game theory and the concepts of cellular automata and the universal constructor. Along with Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam, von Neumann worked out key steps in the nuclear physics involved in thermonuclear reactions and the hydrogen bomb.

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  • Cover of: Theory of games and economic behavior

    First published in 1944 16 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The computer and the brain

    First published in 1958 12 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition computerbrain00vonn Cover of edition computerbrainthe00neum
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  • Cover of: Mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics.

    First published in 1932 11 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition mathematicalfoun00neum_203
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  • Cover of: Functional operators

    First published in 1935 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Theory of self-reproducing automata.

    First published in 1966 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Theory of Games and Economic Behavior: 60th Anniversary Commemorative Edition

    First published in 1947 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Collected works.: General editor, A.H. Taub.

    First published in 1961 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Mathematische grundlagen der quantenmechanik

    First published in 1932 4 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Continuous geometry

    First published in 1936 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Entwicklung und Ausnutzung Neuerer Mathematischer Maschinen / Rechenautomaten Im Dienste der Technik

    First published in 1955 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Operator Algebras, Quantizatiion, and Noncommutative Geometry: A Centennial Celebration Honoring John von Neumann and Marshall H. Stone (Contemporary Mathematics)

    First published in 2004 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Collected Works of John von Neumann : 6-Volume Set

    First published in 1963 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Papers of John von Neumann on Computers and Computing Theory

    First published in 1986 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Вычислительная машина и мозг

    First published in 2022 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Die Rechenmaschine und das Gehirn

    First published in 2014 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Can we survive technology?

    First published in 1955 1 edition in 1 language
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Functional analysis, Mathematics, Computers, Quantum theory, Continuous groups, Game theory, Mathematical Economics, Probabilities, Topology, Continuous geometries, Correspondence, Economics, Games, Matrix mechanics, Operator theory, Projective Geometry, Symbolic and mathematical Logic, Collected works, Cybernetics, Economics, mathematical, Electronic digital computers, Geometry, Machine theory, Mathematicians, Nervous system
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United States, Hungary
People
John Von Neumann (1903-1957), Rudolf Ortvay (1885-1945), Abraham Flexner (1866-1959), Abraham Haskel Taub (1911-), Alan Turing, Albert Einstein (1879-1955), Carl Eckart (1902-1973), Cuthbert Corwin Hurd (1911-1996), Edward Teller (1908-2003), Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), Eugene Paul Wigner (1902-1995), Eva Aldor, Frank Aydelotte (1880-1956), Garrett Birkhoff (1911-1996), George B. Dantzig (1914-2001), George B. Kistiakowsky (1900-1982), George Gamow (1904-1968), Hans A. Bethe (1906-2005), Herman H. Goldstine (1913-2004), Hermann Weyl (1885-1955), J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), John von Neumann, Klara Dan Von Neumann, Kurt Gödel (1906-1978), L. van Hove
Time
1956, 20th century

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April 23, 2023 Edited by Tuxeye Edited without comment.
April 23, 2023 Edited by Tuxeye Added new photo
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