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John von Neumann

person /jon von noy'mahn/ Born 1903-12-28, died 1957-02-08.

A Hungarian-born mathematician who did pioneering work in

quantum physics, game theory, and computer science. He

contributed to the USA's Manhattan Project that built the

first atomic bomc.

While serving on the BRL Scientific Advisory Committee, von

Neumann joined the developers of ENIAC and made some

critical contributions. In 1947, while working on the design

for the successor machine, EDVAC, von Neumann realized that

ENIAC's lack of a centralized control unit could be overcome

to obtain a rudimentary stored program computer. He also

(2001-01-30)

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