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John von Neumann

John von Neumann

John von Neumann

John von Neumann, the Hungarian American mathematician who made major contributions to a vast range of fields, including set theory, functional analysis, quantum mechanics, ergodic theory, continuous geometry, economics and game theory

person, academic, scientist, designer, inventor, Computer Scientist, physicist, mathematician, chess player, Jewish person, economist, Capricorn person
Legal name, Full name
"John von Neumann"
Born
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1903, December 1903, December 28th 1903, Europe, the EU,  …
Died
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1957; February 1957; February 8th 1957; the United States; Washington, D.C.;  …
Wrote
Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
Occupation
physicist
Wikipedia Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann
Key Employee of
RAND
Coordinates
40°20'055.3"N, 40°20'55"N, 74°35'032.1"W
Won
Enrico Fermi Award
Gender
male
Nationality
Hungarian, magyar, american
Residence
the United States
Researcher of
mathematics
Educated
ETH Zurich, Eötvös Loránd University
Expert of
von Neumann architecture
Last Name
"von Neumann"
First Name
"John"
Organisations
Hungarian people
Children
Marina von Neumann Whitman
Employer
Princeton University, Institute for Advanced Study, Humboldt University of Berlin
Main Occupation
scientist, mathematician
Doctoral Advisor
Lipót Fejér
Age at Death
53 years, 1 month and 11 days old
Name-source of
von Neumann architecture, John von Neumann Theory Prize, Von Neumann
Class
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person, Jewish person, scientist, mathematician, physicist,  …
Did
die (February 8th 1957)
Influence of
David Hilbert, Harry Markowitz, George Dantzig, Abraham Wald, Donald B. Gillies
Religion
Judaism, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholicism
Influenced
Harry Markowitz, George Dantzig, Donald B. Gillies
Born During
January 1st 1900, 00:00 - December 31st 1909, 23:59
Died During
1950s
Attributes
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Judaism, male, Ashkenazi Jews, roman catholic, Hungarian people,  …
Influence
Kurt Gödel, David Hilbert, Donald B. Gillies
Freebase ID
"/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000002082d"
Influences
Kurt Gödel
Related Websites
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http://elm.eeng.dcu.ie/~alife/von-neumann-1954-NORD; http://www.stephenwolfram.com/publications/recent/neumann; http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/display.phtml?id=81; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7333144; http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=10735;  …
DBPedia URI
http://dbpedia.org/resource/John_von_Neumann
Birthday
the 28th of December
Quotes
"It would appear that we have reached the limits of what it is possible to achieve with computer technology, although one should be careful with such statements, as they tend to sound pretty silly in 5 years."; "Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin."
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