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John von Neumann

John von Neumann was a Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to quantum physics, functional analysis, set theory, economics, computer science, and nuclear physics.

1903–1957 · Budapest, Hungary

John von Neumann was a Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to quantum physics, functional analysis, set theory, economics, computer science, and nuclear physics. He was a key figure in the Manhattan Project, working alongside J. Robert Oppenheimer. As early as 1947, he was courted by Chaim Weizmann to spend time doing research in Israel.1

  1. Hersh, Seymour M. The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy. Random House, 1991. Chapter 2. ↩

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