The most spectacular thing about Johnny [von Neumann] was not his power as a mathematician, which was great, or his insight and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you didn't know what you were trying to do, [Robert von Neumann] wouldn't say a word. He would just turn and… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
The two teachers that I had in the Art Institute who affected me the most were Kathleen Blackshear and Robert von Neumann;… — Warren MacKenzie 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
“He was "a magician, a magician in the sense that he took what was given and simply forced the conclusions logically out… — Robert Leonard 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
Use "entropy" and you can never lose a debate, von Neumann told Shannon - because no one really knows what "entropy" is. — William Poundstone Copy Share Image
...where were answers to the truly deep questions? Religion promised those, though always in vague terms, while retreating from one line in… — David Brin Copy Share Image
Pascal and C are special-purpose languages for manipulating the registers and memory of a von Neumann-style computer. — Peter Norvig Copy Share Image
“Von Neumann saw great promise in a redesign of the ENIAC computer’s memory. He believed there was a way to turn the… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
... The approach of von Neumann and Connes to the use of non-commutative algebra in physics is naive, the situation is much… — Israel Gelfand Copy Share Image
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