John von Neumann
28 December 1903 – 8 February 1957
John von Neumann was a Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and polymath who made major contributions to mathematics, quantum mechanics, game theory, and computing. He formulated the architecture underlying most modern computers and co-founded game theory as a mathematical discipline. He worked on the Manhattan Project and was a leading figure at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
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Life events
János Lajos Neumann was born into a wealthy family in Budapest, Austria-Hungary.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe earned his PhD in mathematics from the University of Budapest while also studying chemical engineering in Zurich.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe provided a rigorous mathematical framework for quantum mechanics based on Hilbert space and operator theory.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe became one of the original professors of the newly founded Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe contributed to the atomic bomb project at Los Alamos, notably on implosion lens design and computation.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWith economist Oskar Morgenstern he published the founding text of modern game theory.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis report on the EDVAC set out the von Neumann architecture that underlies most modern computers.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe was appointed a commissioner of the United States Atomic Energy Commission.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe died of cancer at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C., in 1957.
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