With the Russians it is not a question of whether but of wh… - John von Neumann

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With the Russians it is not a question of whether but of when. If you say why not bomb them tomorrow, I say why not today? If you say today at 5 o'clock, I say why not one o'clock?

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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 • János Neumann

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If you say why not bomb them tomorrow, I say why not today? If you say today at five o' clock, I say why not one o' clock?

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