Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by John von Neumann

Quote by John von Neumann

Work

The Neumann Compendium

This book serves as an authoritative guide to the history, design, and technical specifications of Neumann's renowned audio equipment, including microphones, preamps, and other audio gear. more

Author

John von Neumann
John von Neumann

John von Neumann (December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957) was a Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, and polymath. He made groundbreaking contributions to mathematics, quantum mechanics, game theory, computer science, and economics. Von Neumann is one of the founders of modern computer architecture (the von Neumann architecture) and a key figure in the development of game theory and linear programming. He participated in the Manhattan Project, contributing to the atomic bomb, and proposed the theory of nuclear deterrence. Known for his extraordinary memory and rapid thinking, he was often called one of the 'Martians.' His work profoundly shaped 20th-century science and technology. more

You May Also Like

“But the most heinous crime of the Church has been perpetrated not against churchmen but against churchgoers. With its poisonous concepts of sin and divine punishment, it's warped and brainwashed countless millions. It would be impossible to calculate the psychic damage this has inflicted on generations of children who might have grown up into healthy, happy. productive, zestful human beings but for the burden of antisexual fear and guilt ingrained in them by the Church. This alone is enough to condemn religion.”

HumansChildrenHas BeensEnoughMightWould BeReligionChurchHuman BeingsSinMillionsImpossibleGenerationsAtheismCrimeDivineHealthyConceptsGuiltBurdenPunishmentDamageProductivePsychicsPoisonousBrainwashedHeinous CrimesHealthy Happy
Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Create image

“It is far better that we admitted a thousand devils to roam at large than that we permitted one such imposter and monster as Moses, Joshua, Samuel, and the Bible prophets, to come with the pretended word of God and have credit among us.”

ReligionThousandDevilCreditMonstersProphetWord Of GodMosesImposter
Book:The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: The Most Complete Edition Ever Published
Create image

“Take away from Genesis the belief that Moses was the author, on which only the strange believe that it is the word of God has stood, and there remains nothing of Genesis but an anonymous book of stories, fables, and traditionary or invented absurdities, or of downright lies.”

BelieveBookStoriesLyingReligionBeliefStrangeRemainsWord Of GodAbsurdityMosesGenesisSeparation Of Church And StateFablesOur Founding FathersFounding Fathers ChristianUs Founding FathersFounding Fathers ReligiousFounding Fathers Of AmericaFounding AmericaAmerican Founding FathersReligion And GovernmentAgainst Religion
Book:THOMAS PAINE Ultimate Collection: Political Works, Philosophical Writings, Speeches, Letters & Biography (Including Common Sense, The Rights of Man & The Age of Reason): The American Crisis, The Constitution of 1795, Declaration of Rights, Agrarian Justice, The Republican Proclamation, Anti-Monarchal Essay, Letters to Thomas Jefferson and George Washington…
Create image

“The story of Jesus Christ appearing after he was dead is the story of an apparition, such as timid imaginations can always create in vision, and credulity believe. Stories of this kind had been told of the assassination of Julius Caesar.”

BelieveKindStoriesReligionJesusChristImaginationVisionJesus ChristAppearingAssassinationCredulityJuliusApparitions
Book:The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: To which are Added the Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar
Create image