When we talk mathematics, we may be discussing a secondary … - John von Neumann

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When we talk mathematics, we may be discussing a secondary language built on the primary language truly used by the central nervous system.

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John von Neumann (28 December 1903 – 8 February 1957) was a Hungarian-American-Jewish mathematician, physicist, inventor, computer scientist, and polymath. He made major contributions to a number of fields, including mathematics (foundations of mathematics, functional analysis, ergodic theory, geometry, topology, and numerical analysis), physics (quantum mechanics, hydrodynamics and quantum statistical mechanics), economics (game theory), computing (Von Neumann architecture, linear programming, self-replicating machines, stochastic computing), and statistics.

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Native Name: margittai Neumann János Lajos

Also Known As: Good Time Johnny

Alternative Names: John Von Neumann • Janos Lajos Neumann • János Lajos Neumann • von Neumann • Neumann János Lajos • John Louis von Neumann

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It is just as foolish to complain that people are selfish and treacherous as it is to complain that the magnetic field does not increase unless the electric field has a curl. Both are laws of nature.

In an analog machine each number is represented by a suitable physical quantity, whose values, measured in some pre-assigned unit, is equal to the number in question.

It will not be sufficient to know that the enemy has only fifty possible tricks and that we can counter every one of them, but we must be able to counter them almost at the very instant they occur.

When we talk mathematics, we may be discussing a secondary language built on the primary language truly used by the central nervous system. - John von Neumann

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