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Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann
TIL: John Von Neumann learned an entire 7 year medical program in 2 weeks, can divide 8 digit numbers and converse in Greek at age 6, worked on the Manhattan Project, and published 150 papers in his life. Colleagues claim if he lived longer, the world would be drastically different.
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TIL too. Just… wow.
His achievements are too long even for the Wikipedia page
In set theory, he demonstrated the notion of class
He invented the Von Neuman paradox
Contributed to Ergotic theory, measure theory, topological groups.
He was the first person to axiomatically define an abstract Hilbert space whereas it was previously defined as the Lp space. He defined it as a complex vector space with a Hermitian scalar product, with the corresponding norm being both separable and complete
He founded the study of rings of operators worked on lattice theory
He established the fucking math for quantum physics and quantum logic
For computers he invented merge sort and wrote about global warming in 1955
In his private life DUDE was normal and loved dark humor and his wife said he loves loud environments. He didn’t smoke, but got noise complaints for playing extremely loud German music, which annoyed Albert Einstein, who worked nearby (all the scientists worked closely back then).
That “Known for” section in the Infobox just keeps going.
One of my university lecturers was supposed to deliver a module on Alan Turing, but his personal preference was to teach Von Neumann. So that’s what we got.
What nerd. How much can he squat?
He was an old ass looking 6 year old.