What is John von Neumann?
{{Infobox Scientist | name = John von Neumann | image = JohnvonNeumann-LosAlamos.gif | caption = John von Neumann in the 1940s | birth_date = {{birth date|1903|12|28}} | birth_place = [[Budapest]], [[Austria-Hungary|Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1957|2|8|1903|12|28}} | death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]] | nationality = [[Hungary|Hungarian]], [[United States|American]] | field = [[Mathematics]] | work_institutions = | alma_mater = | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = | prizes = | religion = | footnotes = }} '''John von Neumann''' (December 28. 1903 – February 8. 1957) was a [[Hungarians|Hungarian]]-[[Americans|American]] [[mathematician]] and [[physicist]]. He contributed to many fields, including: *[[Set theory]] *[[Functional analysis]] *[[Quantum mechanics]] *[[Ergodic theory]] *[[Continuous geometry]] *[[Economics]] *[[Game theory]] *[[Computer science]] *[[Numerical analysis]] *[[Systems theory]] *[[Statistics]] He is generally regarded as a [[prodigy]], [[polymath]] and one of the most important mathematicians of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761579159/Neumann_John_von.html|title=John von Neumann|publisher=MSN Encarta|access-date=2008-04-30|archive-date=2008-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080405192824/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761579159/Neumann_John_von.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was a member of a group called the 'Martians'. They were Hungarian immigrants to the US of extraordinary intellect. Others people in this group were [[Edward Teller]], [[Paul Erdős]], [[Leó Szilárd]] and [[Eugene Wigner]]. == Noteworthy work == #His textbook on [[quantum mechanics]] is one of the first on this topic. #His [[game theory]] is considered one of the most important tools in competitive strategic management and is also of high importance in biosciences. #He is the designer of the Von-Neumann architecture, which is basic to nearly all computers today. #He