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List of awards and honors received by John von Neumann

List of awards and honors received by John von Neumann

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John von Neumann (/vɒn ˈnɔɪmən/ von NOY-mən; Hungarian: Neumann János Lajos [ˈnɒjmɒn ˈjaːnoʃ ˈlɒjoʃ]; December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957) was a Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, engineer and polymath.

Von Neumann was twice invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians.[1] The May 1958 issue of the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society was dedicated as a memorial volume (in an act without precedent) to von Neumann and eight articles were written about him and his work by friends and colleagues.[2][3] The National Academy of Sciences published a biographical memoir by Salomon Bochner.[4]In addition, obituaries were written in several other journals, including the Journal of the London Mathematical Society,[5] Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists,[6] Matematikai Lapok,[7] Physics Today,[8] Science,[9] Mathematics of Computation[10] and The Economic Journal.[11] Books,[12][13] scientific papers,[14][15][16] and events have been dedicated to him.[17]

In honor of his achievements and contributions to the modern world, he was named in 1999 the Financial Times Person of the Century, as a representative of the century's characteristic ideal that the power of the mind could shape the physical world, and of the "intellectual brilliance and human savagery" that defined the 20th century.[18][19][20] On May 4, 2005, the United States Postal Service issued the American Scientists commemorative postage stamp series, a set of four 37-cent self-adhesive stamps in several configurations designed by artist Victor Stabin. The scientists depicted were von Neumann, Barbara McClintock, Josiah Willard Gibbs, and Richard Feynman.[21]

Other awards and honors he received include the following.[22][23][24]

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References

  1. O'Connor, J. J.; Robertson, E. F. "International Congresses of Mathematicians". MacTutor History of Mathematics. University of St Andrews, Scotland. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  2. Halperin, Israel (1990). "The Extraordinary Inspiration of John von Neumann". In Glimm, James; Impagliazzo, John; Singer, Isadore Manuel (eds.). The Legacy of John von Neumann. American Mathematical Society. ISBN 978-0-8218-4219-5.
  3. Smithies, F. (1959). "John von Neumann". Journal of the London Mathematical Society. s1-34 (3): 373–384. doi:10.1112/jlms/s1-34.3.373.
  4. Teller, Edward (1957). "John Von Neumann". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 13 (4): 150–151. Bibcode:1957BuAtS..13d.150T. doi:10.1080/00963402.1957.11457538.
  5. "NEUMANN JÁNOS". Matematikai Lapok. 8. 1957.
  6. "John von Neumann". Physics Today. 10 (4): 58. 1957. doi:10.1063/1.3060351.
  7. Goldstine, Herman H.; Wigner, Eugene (1957). "Scientific Work of J. von Neumann". Science. 125 (3250): 683–684. Bibcode:1957Sci...125..683.. doi:10.1126/science.125.3250.683. PMID 17796247.
  8. Tompkins, Charles Brown (1957). "John von Neumann, 1903–1957". Mathematics of Computation. 11 (58): 127–128. doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-1957-0086002-9.
  9. Morgenstern, Oskar (1958). "John von Neumann 1903-57". The Economic Journal. 68 (269): 170–174. doi:10.1093/ej/68.269.170.
  10. Glimm, James; Impagliazzo, John; Singer, Isadore Manuel, eds. (1990). The Legacy of John von Neumann. American Mathematical Society. ISBN 978-0-8218-4219-5.
  11. Andrew Hill (14 December 2015). "Person of the Year: Past winners". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 18 September 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  12. Peter Martin (24 December 1999). "VON NEUMANN: Architect of the computer age". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  13. "Every FT Person of the Year since 1970". Financial Times. 12 December 2017. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  14. "American Scientists Issue". Arago: People, Postage & the Post. National Postal Museum. Archived from the original on 2016-02-02. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
  15. Aspray, William (1990). "The Origins of John von Neumann's Theory of Automata". In Glimm, James; Impagliazzo, John; Singer, Isadore Manuel (eds.). The Legacy of John von Neumann. American Mathematical Society. ISBN 978-0-8218-4219-5.
  16. Ulam, Stanislaw (1958). "John von Neumann 1903-1957" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 64 (3): 1–49. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1958-10189-5.
  17. "Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957". American Institute of Physics. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  18. "List of Theodore von Karman Award Recipients". Air & Space Forces Association. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  19. "Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers". Air Force Space Command. Archived from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

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