John von Neumann (The Father of Computer)

December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957

Content

1. Family Roots & Background

2. Contributions 3. Greatest

Achievement in the Life

4. Marriage & Death 5. Life Events and

Achievement at a Glance

Family Roots & Background

Father –Neumann Miksa

Mother  –Kann Margit

The oldest of three brothers

Austria-Hungary-born American

An extraordinary prodigy

In 1913, his father was rewarded with ennoblement

Family emigrated to the United States in the early 1930s

János -> Johann ->John

Contributions

Quantum physics, functional analysis, set theory, topology, economics, computer science, numerical analysis, hydrodynamics (of explosions), statistics and many other mathematical fields as one of history's outstanding mathematicians.

Most notably, von Neumann was a pioneer of the application of operator theory to quantum mechanics

Outstanding contributions in the areas of mathematics

•  Established the theory of operator rings laid the mathematical foundation of quantum mechanics

•  Applied mathematics, in mechanics, economics , numerical analysis and have important contribution to the electronic calculator

•  Participated in the 1944 world's first electronic calculator design,

•  Proposed the Monte Carlo method in the development process of the atomic bomb

Greatest Achievements in the Life •  Join the development plan

for ENIAC computer in 1944 •  A new general-purpose

stored program computer program (EDVAC program) was born

•  EDVAC make up of calculator, logic control unit, memory, input and output five major components, and described the five most of the functions and mutual relations in the 101 page report

•  The era of electronic computer began .

Marriage & Death

•  Married twice •  Mariette Kevesi in

1930 divorced in 1937 •  Married Klara Dan in

1938 •  One child, by his first

marriage, a daughter named Marina

� Diagnosed with bone cancer or pancreatic cancer in 1957.

� Died within a few months of the initial diagnosis, in excruciating pain

� Fellow nuclear pioneer Enrico Fermi had died of stomach cancer

Life Events and Achievement at a Glance

References

� http://wiki.mbalib.com/wiki/Von_Neumann (May, 2011)

� http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann_architecture (May, 2011)

� http://xiaozhanpeega.blog.163.com/blog/static/338888220102282644405/ (May, 2011)