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19451940s
John von Neumann
Polymath who formalized the digital computer architecture used by almost all computers today.
Organizations
Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton)Manhattan ProjectUniversity of Pennsylvania
Major Achievements
- •Authored the 'First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC' (1945), describing the stored-program concept.
- •Co-founded the field of Game Theory with Oskar Morgenstern.
- •Pioneered the study of cellular automata and self-replicating machines.
- •Made foundational contributions to quantum mechanics and functional analysis.
Key Papers
- First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC
John von Neumann · Moore School of Electrical Engineering · 1945
- Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
John von Neumann, Oskar Morgenstern · Princeton University Press · 1944