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To: Bobalu

Good call. Von Neumann was in a class by himself.


69 posted on 01/26/2015 8:58:50 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: SpaceBar

During the Manhattan Project, if scientists had an idea, they would talk it over with von Neumann. The saying was:

“If Johnny said it would work, it would work; if Johnny said it wouldn’t work, it wouldn’t”.


131 posted on 01/27/2015 4:13:25 AM PST by catman67 ( 30 gauge?)
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