John von Neumann

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Hungarian-American computer scientist economist human mathematician physicist polymath

John von Neumann was a pioneering 20th-century mathematician and polymath whose foundational work in game theory, computer science, quantum mechanics, and economics profoundly shaped modern science and technology.

Aliases (2)

Neumann ×1
Neumann János Lajos ×1

Statements (96)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hungarian-American → computer scientist → economist → human → mathematician → physicist → polymath →
academicDegree	PhD in mathematics →
awardReceived	Bôcher Memorial Prize → Enrico Fermi Award → Medal for Merit → Presidential Medal of Freedom →
birthName	Neumann János Lajos →
causeOfDeath	cancer →
child	Marina von Neumann Whitman →
citizenship	Hungary → United States of America →
coAuthor	Oskar Morgenstern →
countryOfBirth	Austria-Hungary →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1903-12-28 →
dateOfDeath	1957-02-08 →
educatedAt	ETH Zurich → University of Berlin → University of Budapest →
employer	Institute for Advanced Study → Los Alamos Laboratory → Princeton University → U.S. Atomic Energy Commission →
era	20th century →
familyName	Neumann →
fieldOfWork	computer science → econometrics → economics → ergodic theory → functional analysis → game theory → hydrodynamics → mathematics → nuclear physics → operator algebras → quantum mechanics → set theory → statistics →
fullName	John von Neumann →
givenName	János →
honorificPrefix	von →
influenced	economic theory → game theory → modern computer architecture → operations research → quantum information theory → theoretical computer science →
influencedBy	David Hilbert → Felix Klein → Hermann Weyl →
knownFor	EDVAC design → Hilbert space formulation of quantum mechanics → Monte Carlo method development → cellular automata → ergodic theorem → foundations of game theory → game-theoretic analysis of economics → linear programming foundations → measure theory contributions → minimax theorem → numerical weather prediction → theory of self-adjoint operators → theory of self-replicating automata → von Neumann algebras → von Neumann architecture → von Neumann entropy → work on hydrogen bomb design →
languageSpoken	English → German → Hungarian →
memberOf	American Mathematical Society → American Philosophical Society → Institute for Advanced Study → National Academy of Sciences (United States) →
notableConcept	von Neumann paradox in set theory → von Neumann regular ring → von Neumann stability analysis → von Neumann universe → von Neumann–Bernays–Gödel set theory → von Neumann–Morgenstern utility theorem →
notableWork	First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC → Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics → Theory of Games and Economic Behavior →
placeOfBirth	Budapest →
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C. →
positionHeld	commissioner of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission → professor at Institute for Advanced Study →
religion	Judaism →
spouse	Klara Dan → Mariette Kövesi →

Referenced by (55)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
IEEE John von Neumann Medal → John von Neumann Professor in Applied and Computational Mathematics → John von Neumann Theory Prize → von Neumann architecture → von Neumann measurement scheme → von Neumann paradox in set theory → von Neumann stability analysis → von Neumann universe →	namedAfter
Harold W. Kuhn → John Nash → Marvin Minsky → Norman J. Zabusky → Oskar Morgenstern →	influencedBy
First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC → Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics → Theory of Games and Economic Behavior →	author
Bôcher Memorial Prize → Enrico Fermi Award → Franklin Medal →	notableRecipient
Oskar Morgenstern → Oskar Morgenstern →	coAuthor
Klara Dan → Seth Neddermeyer →	collaboratedWith
Fat Man → IAS machine →	designer
Klara Dan → Mariette Kövesi →	spouse
John von Neumann ("Neumann János Lajos") →	birthName
IAS machine →	conceptualAuthor
Princeton Cemetery →	containsGraveOf
expected utility theory →	developedBy
Los Alamos Laboratory →	employed
School of Mathematics →	employerOf
John von Neumann ("Neumann") →	familyName
Marina von Neumann Whitman →	father
von Neumann measurement scheme →	formulatedBy
John von Neumann →	fullName
Humboldt University of Berlin →	hasNotableAlumni
University of Budapest →	hasNotableAlumnus
ETH Zurich →	hasNotableFaculty
Mariette Kövesi →	hasRelativeByMarriage
George Dyson →	hasWrittenAbout
Tuxedo Park private laboratory →	hostedScientist
David Hilbert →	influenced
von Neumann algebra →	introducedBy
Project Y →	involvedScientist
Manhattan Project →	keyScientist
John von Neumann Professor in Applied and Computational Mathematics →	namedFor
Princeton University Press →	notableAuthorPublished
Monte Carlo method →	notableDeveloper
Institute for Advanced Study →	notableScholar
Seth Neddermeyer →	notableStudentOrCollaborator
Klara Dan →	partnerInScience
EDVAC →	reportAuthor
von Neumann–Bernays–Gödel set theory →	wasDevelopedBy