"His achievements for the rest of his life are too numerous to
mention, but amoung his many mathematical works was an investigation
of enormously complex equations to describe hydrodynamics (predicting
the flow of water). He soon realized that the equations needed some
form of computer to help in their analysis, and so drew up designs for
the EDVAC - one of the first electronic computers that was ever
built."

"The von Neumann architecture, as it became known, has been used as a
template for almost every compuiter that was ever built."

"Despite his genius - or more likely because of it - von Neumann did
not react well to the news he was dying of cancer at the age of 52.
In the poignant words of those who knew Johnny:

'When von Neumann relized he was incurrably ill, his logic forced him
to realize that he would cease to exist, and hence cease to have
thoughts ... It was heartbreaking to watch the frustration of his
mind, when all hope was gone, in its struggle with the inevitable but
unacceptable ... his mind, the amulet on which he had always been
able to rely, was becoming less dependable. Then came complete
psychological breakdown panic, screams at uncontrollable terror every
night.'

His friend Edward Teller said,

'I think that von Neumann suffered more when his mind would no longer
function, than I have than I have ever seen any human being suffer.'

'Von Neumann's sense of invulnerability, or simply desire to live, was
struggling with unalterable facts - He seemed to have a great fear of
death until the last ... No achievements and no amount of influence
could save him now, as they always had in the past. Johnny von
Neumann, who knew how to live so fully, did not know how to die.'"

"Von Neumann lost his struggle in 1957 at the age of 53. His work
lives on in all the computers of the world, but his first love was
always mathematics."

- "The Book of Numbers" - Peter J. Bentley. 2008.

Double-A

That was very interesting on a most interesting individual!

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"His achievements for the rest of his life are too numerous to
mention, but amoung his many mathematical works was an investigation
of enormously complex equations to describe hydrodynamics (predicting
the flow of water).  He soon realized that the equations needed some
form of computer to help in their analysis, and so drew up designs for
the EDVAC - one of the first electronic computers that was ever
built."

"The von Neumann architecture, as it became known, has been used as a
template for almost every compuiter that was ever built."

"Despite his genius - or more likely because of it - von Neumann did
not react well to the news he was dying of cancer at the age of 52.
In the poignant words of those who knew Johnny:

'When von Neumann relized he was incurrably ill, his logic forced him
to realize that he would cease to exist, and hence cease to have
thoughts ...  It was heartbreaking to watch the frustration of his
mind, when all hope was gone, in its struggle with the inevitable but
unacceptable ...  his mind, the amulet on which he had always been
able to rely, was becoming less dependable.  Then came complete
psychological breakdown panic, screams at uncontrollable terror every
night.'

His friend Edward Teller said,

'I think that von Neumann suffered more when his mind would no longer
function, than I have than I have ever seen any human being suffer.'

'Von Neumann's sense of invulnerability, or simply desire to live, was
struggling with unalterable facts - He seemed to have a great fear of
death until the last ...  No achievements and no amount of influence
could save him now, as they always had in the past.  Johnny von
Neumann, who knew how to live so fully, did not know how to die.'"

"Von Neumann lost his struggle in 1957 at the age of 53.  His work
lives on in all the computers of the world, but his first love was
always mathematics."

-  "The Book of Numbers" - Peter J. Bentley.  2008.

Double-A

That was very interesting on a most interesting individual!

CHJ

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"His achievements for the rest of his life are too numerous to
mention, but amoung his many mathematical works was an investigation
of enormously complex equations to describe hydrodynamics
(predicting
the flow of water). He soon realized that the equations needed some
form of computer to help in their analysis, and so drew up designs
for
the EDVAC - one of the first electronic computers that was ever
built."

"The von Neumann architecture, as it became known, has been used as
a
template for almost every compuiter that was ever built."

"Despite his genius - or more likely because of it - von Neumann did
not react well to the news he was dying of cancer at the age of 52.
In the poignant words of those who knew Johnny:

'When von Neumann relized he was incurrably ill, his logic forced
him
to realize that he would cease to exist, and hence cease to have
thoughts ... It was heartbreaking to watch the frustration of his
mind, when all hope was gone, in its struggle with the inevitable
but
unacceptable ... his mind, the amulet on which he had always been
able to rely, was becoming less dependable. Then came complete
psychological breakdown panic, screams at uncontrollable terror
every
night.'

His friend Edward Teller said,

'I think that von Neumann suffered more when his mind would no
longer
function, than I have than I have ever seen any human being suffer.'

'Von Neumann's sense of invulnerability, or simply desire to live,
was
struggling with unalterable facts - He seemed to have a great fear
of
death until the last ... No achievements and no amount of influence
could save him now, as they always had in the past. Johnny von
Neumann, who knew how to live so fully, did not know how to die.'"

"Von Neumann lost his struggle in 1957 at the age of 53. His work
lives on in all the computers of the world, but his first love was
always mathematics."

- "The Book of Numbers" - Peter J. Bentley. 2008.

Double-A

That was very interesting on a most interesting individual!

CHJ