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John von Neumann (December 28. 1903 – February 8. 1957) was a Hungarian-Americanmathematician and physicist who contributed to many fields including:
He is generally regarded as a prodigy, polymath and one of the most important mathematicians of the 20th century.
He was a member of a group called the 'Martians' who were a group of prominent Hungarian scientists (mostly, but not exclusively, physicists and mathematicians) who emigrated to the United States in the early half of the 20th century.
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Other people in this group were Edward Teller, Paul Erdős, Leó Szilárd and Eugene Wigner.
Early life and education
Von Neumann was born in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary (which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire), on December 28, 1903, to a wealthy Jewish family.
He was the eldest of three brothers.
His father, Neumann Miksa (Max von Neumann, 1873–1928) was a banker, who held a doctorate in law. He had moved to Budapest from Pécs at the end of th