Von Neumann, John

John von Neumann
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Name	von Neumann, John Gender: M
born on	28 December 1903
Place	Budapest, Hungary, 47n30, 19e05
Timezone	MET h1e (is standard time)
Data source	Date w/o time Rodden Rating X Collector: Starkman
Astrology data	05°33'

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John von Neumann

Biography

Hungarian-American pure and applied mathematician and polymath. one of the geniuses of the 20th century. 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 fluid dynamics), economics (game theory),computer science (Von Neumann architecture, linear programming, self-replicating machines, stochastic computing), and statistics. He was a pioneer of the application of operator theory to quantum mechanics, in the development of functional analysis, 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, the universal constructor, and the digital computer.

Von Neumann's mathematical analysis of the structure of self-replication preceded the discovery of the structure of DNA. In a short list of facts about his life he submitted to the National Academy of Sciences, he stated "The part of my work I consider most essential is that on quantum mechanics, which developed in Göttingen in 1926, and subsequently in Berlin in 1927–1929. Also, my work on various forms of operator theory, Berlin 1930 and Princeton 1935–1939; on the ergodic theorem, Princeton, 1931–1932." Along with Hungarian-born American theoretical physicist Edward Teller and Polish mathematician Stanislaw Ulam, von Neumann worked out key steps in the nuclear physics involved inthermonuclear reactions and the hydrogen bomb.

Von Neumann wrote 150 published papers in his life; 60 in pure mathematics, 20 in physics, and 60 in applied mathematics. His last work, an unfinished manuscript written while in the hospital and later published in book form as The Computer and the Brain, gives an indication of the direction of his interests at the time of his death.

He died 8 February 1957.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

• associate relationship with Bradner, Hugh (born 5 November 1915)

• business associate/partner relationship with Teller, Edward (born 15 January 1908)

• friend relationship with Wigner, Eugene (born 17 November 1902)

Events

• Death by Disease 8 February 1957 (Colon cancer, age 53)
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Source Notes

Birth time unknown. Starkman rectified it to 17.29 CET

Categories

• Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Cancer

• Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease

• Vocation : Science : Mathematics/ Statistics

• Notable : Extraordinary Talents : For Numbers

• Notable : Famous : Historic figure

• Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator (In a number of fields, including mathematics)