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John von Neumann

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Hungarian polymath described as one of the greatest minds to ever live, credited with game theory and computer development

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"one of the greatest minds to ever live (von neumann), who we can thank for game theory, computers, and a myriad of other things."
countries that punch above their weight culturally? · u/SuccessfulLaw8789 · ↑359 · 2025-10-26
"Von Neumann (who wasn't in the film, strangely enough), famously stated that he felt that Oppenheimer was only admitting his guilt in order to take credit for his creation."
Strauss (RDJ) is right about Oppenheimer · u/jdhevriabeieh · ↑139 · 2023-07-23
"and I'm so smart and he'll give me so many textbooks and I'll solve P vs NP while I'm on his shoulder in a beautiful orchard, inscribing in an apple skin, and I'm even smarter than von neumann"
sometimes I dream that a giant scoops me up · u/Prestigious_Ear_9164 · ↑42 · 2024-01-23
"I was reading about Erdos, Von Neumann and such yesterday evening and I ended up discovering Euler had sent some hundreds of letters to some noblewoman. Same when a dying Galois sent some letters with mathematical proofs to a friend. Likewise with Abel."
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