“In fact, it took the resources of three countries to produce the bomb: the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. But there… — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
My greatest concern was what to call it. I thought of calling it ‘information’, but the word was overly used, so I… — Claude Shannon Copy Share Image
He [John von Neumann] had the invaluable faculty of being able to take the most difficult problem and separate it into its… — Stanislaw Ulam Copy Share Image
“It was the great Hungarian-born polymath John von Neumann who first recognized that social behavior could be analyzed as games.” — Sylvia Nasar Copy Share Image
John von Neumann gave me an interesting idea: that you don't have to be responsible for the world that you're in. So… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
John von Neumann draws attention to what seemed to him a contrast. He remarked that for simple mechanisms, it is often easier… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
All stable processes we shall predict. All unstable processes we shall control. Describing John von Neumann's aspiration for the application of computers… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
“The sciences do not try to explain, they hardly even try to interpret, they mainly make models. By a model is meant… — William R. Miller Copy Share Image