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Neumann-1958 The Computer and The Brain PDF

John von Neumann was a Hungarian-American polymath who made major contributions to fields including mathematics, physics, computing, and economics. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of his time and integrated both pure and applied sciences. Von Neumann developed the Von Neumann architecture for computer design and made important advances in areas such as functional analysis, quantum mechanics, and game theory.

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Neumann-1958 The Computer and The Brain PDF

John von Neumann was a Hungarian-American polymath who made major contributions to fields including mathematics, physics, computing, and economics. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of his time and integrated both pure and applied sciences. Von Neumann developed the Von Neumann architecture for computer design and made important advances in areas such as functional analysis, quantum mechanics, and game theory.

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John von Neumann (/vɒn ˈ nɔɪmən/; Hungarian:

Neumann János Lajos, pronounced [ˈ nɒjmɒn ˈjaːnoʃ ˈ


lɒjoʃ];
December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957) was a Hungarian-
American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist,
engineer and polymath. Von Neumann was generally
regarded as the foremost mathematician of his time and
said to be "the last representative of the great
mathematicians"; who integrated both pure and applied
sciences. He made major contributions to a number of
fields, including mathematics (foundations of mathematics,
functional analysis, ergodic theory, representation theory,
operator algebras, geometry, topology, and numerical
analysis), physics (quantum mechanics, hydrodynamics,
and quantum statistical mechanics), economics (game
theory), computing (Von Neumann architecture, linear
programming, self-replicating machines, stochastic
computing), and statistics.

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