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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? - John von Neumann
" "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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About John von Neumann
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
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Janos Lajos Neumann
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János Lajos Neumann
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von Neumann
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Neumann János Lajos
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John Louis von Neumann
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János Neumann
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It is a well known phenomenon in many branches of the exact and physical sciences that very great numbers are often easier to handle than those of medium size. An almost exact theory of a gas, containing about 1025 freely moving particles, is incomparably easier than that of the solar system, made up of 9 major bodies; and still more than that of a multiple star of three or four objects of about the same size. This is, of course, due to the excellent possibility of applying the laws of statistics and probabilities in the first case.
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"Kurt Gödel's achievement in modern logic is singular and monumental – indeed it is more than a monument, it is a landmark which will remain visible far in space and time. ... The subject of logic has certainly completely changed its nature and possibilities with Gödel's achievement." — John von Neumann
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