Birthday: December 28, 1903 (Capricorn)
Born In: Budapest, Hungary
Birthday: December 28, 1903 (Capricorn)
Born In: Budapest, Hungary
John von Neumann was a Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, inventor, computer scientist, and polymath. Born in Budapest into a Jewish family, he shifted to the USA before the rise of Nazi power. There he started teaching mathematics in Princeton University, but was not successful as a professor mainly because his students found it hard to keep up with his speed. Later, as he joined a non-teaching position at the Institute of Advanced Study which closely collaborates with Princeton University, he began to flourish truly. Although he began his career as a pure mathematician, he later became more interested in applied mathematics, and as the Second World War broke out, he used his knowledge to contribute to war efforts. Throughout his life, he had published over 150 papers. Among them, sixty were in pure mathematics; another sixty in applied mathematics; twenty in physics and the rest were on miscellaneous subjects. He was a prolific writer and his last book, written from hospital bed, was published posthumously as ‘The Computer and the Brain’.
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Died At Age: 53
Spouse/Ex-: Klara Dan
father: Neumann Miksa
mother: Kann Margit
children: Marina von Neumann Whitman
Born Country: Hungary
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Died on: February 8, 1957
Notable Alumni: Pázmány Péter University, ETH Zurich
Grouping of People: Jewish Mathematician
Ancestry: Hungarian American
City: Budapest, Hungary
education: University Of Göttingen, ETH Zurich, Pázmány Péter University
awards: 1956 - Enrico Fermi Award
1938 - Bôcher Memorial Prize
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