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URL

http://dewy.fem.tu-ilmenau.de/CCC/CCCamp07/video/m4v/cccamp07-en-2001-proof_by_erasure.m4v

File name

cccamp07-en-2001-proof_by_erasure.m4v

File size

114.2 MB

MD5

1c71589847455adf93813f1c64313985

SHA1

7090303fa8978d818fbeff4b48ed24c2579f36f7

John von Neumann is considered one of the greatest and most influential mathematicians of the 20th century, one of the men who invented computers. This audio feature captures his life in a live spoken-word visual performance. Dr. John von Neumann, a witty, plump Hungarian, was a brilliant mathematician, a computer pioneer, and the founder of game theory whom nobody hesitated to call a genius. He was known as great fun at parties, once drank fifteen vodka martinis in a single evening as a kind of experiment. But he also brought the first computers to Los Alamos, and his machines were promptly put to work on calculations of implosion. Von Neumann made important contributions to the development of the atomic and hydrogen bomb, calculated that implosion was indeed feasible. The legendary scientist became a consultant, served on the Atomic Energy Commission from 1954 to his death 1957.