John von Neumann
Computer architecture, game theory
Sayings by John von Neumann
The world is not logical, it is psychological.
The only difference between a madman and a genius is that the genius is lucky.
The brain is a logical machine, but it is not a computer.
I am not a great mathematician; I am merely a good one.
The only way to be sure of yourself is to be a little bit unsure.
The human brain is an amazing thing. It works from the day you're born until you fall in love.
Mathematics is an experimental science, and definitions are its axioms.
The system 'logic' is not absolute, it is relative to the observer.
The world is not a game, but it has rules.
In the beginning was the word, and the word was 'bit'.
I think that a good deal of the 'mathematical thinking' that goes on in our heads is not mathematics at all, but rather thinking about physical analogies.
My own feeling is that the most important advances in the future will come from the interaction of mathematics with other sciences.
It is not a question of whether we will be able to build a computer that can think. It is a question of whether we will be able to build a computer that can think as fast as we do.
The world is governed by statistics, not by laws.
The problems of today cannot be solved by the methods of yesterday.
It is just as important to know what not to do as it is to know what to do.
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
The atomic bomb is a great invention. It is also a great danger.
The computer is a universal machine. It can do anything that can be described algorithmically.
Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper.