Von Neumann

[ von noi-mahn, -muhn ]

noun

1. John, 1903–57, U.S. mathematician, born in Hungary.

von Neumann

/ fɒn; vɒn ˈnjuːmən /

noun

1. von NeumannJohn19031957MUSHungarianSCIENCE: mathematician John. 1903–57, US mathematician, born in Hungary. He formulated game theory and contributed to the development of the atomic bomb and to the development of the stored-program computer ( von Neumann machine )

Example Sentences

Von Neumann is “searching for absolute truth, and he really believed that he would find a mathematical basis for reality, a land free from contradictions and paradoxes.”

From Scientific American

The novel's final section, a thrilling human-versus-machine matchup, points to what von Neumann had wrought—and reflects the warnings of Labatut's Wigner.

From Scientific American

The von Neumann section, constituting the bulk of the book, is blessedly lighter.

From Scientific American

Labatut draws in a host of voices—von Neumann's wife, children, colleagues, rivals—to tell the story of the development of a brilliant mind but also of reason as “the destructive influence” that the novel's fictional Ehrenfest so feared.

From Scientific American

The jolt here is that for Labatut's von Neumann, the development of the nuclear bomb is but a step on the path to the technology with which he hopes to truly change the world: computers that think.

From Scientific American