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Father discouraged John from studying mathematics for fear that there wasn't enough financial opportunity in that field.
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This got David Hilbert's attention
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University of Gottingen
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Key paper in "game theory." (i.e. poker)
bluffing
mini max theorem - for every two person zero sum game, there is a rational outcome in the sense that two perfectly locial adversaries can arrive at a mutual choice of game strategies, confident that they could not expect to do better by choosing oanotyher strategy. ( in other words players must bluff in games of chance, but occasional and unpredictably ). -
lecture on quantam theory
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Famous Quote by Neumann:
"If these boyscontinue for only two more years...they will ruin German science for a generation -- atleast." -
Second Wife
-childhood sweetheart
-intelligent woman
-shared husbands interests
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Work with quantam phenomena
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Played practical jokes on Einstein
could recite books which he had reaad years before perfectly
could edit computer code in his head
modest, thought he didn't live up to what was expected of him -
Had frequent automobile accidents - nortoriously aggresive driver
Princeton intersection -
Worked on implosion design for an atomic bomb.
- symmetrical implosion of plutonium into critical mass at the center
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dropped on Nagasaki, port in Japan
Neumann calculated the design for the lens
participated in slection of target
argued against bombing the Imperial Palace, in Tokyo
