tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851246794143905627.post9007550319673379615..comments2023-07-27T17:53:21.938+10:00Comments on Idiom Zero: 8 Anecdotes about John von NeumannNichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11736478220623231400noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851246794143905627.post-29807934030398538512019-07-31T22:31:07.350+10:002019-07-31T22:31:07.350+10:00I'm also from there, but I think this humming ...I'm also from there, but I think this humming sound story is bullshit, why not state outright he was a wizard or a living computer (or both)?..<br /><br />Anybody can do humming tho :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851246794143905627.post-16349598744820868832018-12-30T03:14:23.826+11:002018-12-30T03:14:23.826+11:00Maybe you won't believe this anecdote but I...Maybe you won't believe this anecdote but I'm from Hungary and I swear I heard it once on Hungarian radio in an interview with a professor of mathematics (his name escapes me). He was holding a class when von Neumann visited him. He wanted Neumann to show his skills to the students, and so gave him a very difficult math problem to solve and wrote it on the board. Neumann looked at it, and started thinking for a few minutes. He went to the back of the classroom while the whole class was watching him, silent with anticipation - and then, the students and the prof suddenly heard a humming sound, a sound which was soft but clearly discernible. At first they did not know where it came from, but soon they managed to locate its source - yes, it was coming from von Neumann's head. Then the sound died down in a short time, and Neumann wrote the solution on the board. <br />I know it is hard to believe, but I can't see why a professor would make up a story like this. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851246794143905627.post-65135929254940449292018-10-21T06:49:47.332+11:002018-10-21T06:49:47.332+11:00The Henry Ford story is particularly easy to debug...The Henry Ford story is particularly easy to debug since it's supposed to have happened in 1954, and Henry Ford died in 1947.Ernie Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028125951713020049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851246794143905627.post-11347163440899910832018-09-23T05:05:58.996+10:002018-09-23T05:05:58.996+10:00The second one also.
That famous MIT Prof is actu...The second one also.<br /><br />That famous MIT Prof is actually Norbert Wiener.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851246794143905627.post-11579317266502730492016-01-26T15:51:11.551+11:002016-01-26T15:51:11.551+11:00I think the last one is mis-attributed. It should ...I think the last one is mis-attributed. It should be Charles Proteus Steinmetz and Edison<br /><br />http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/charles-proteus-steinmetz-the-wizard-of-schenectady-51912022/?no-istBarathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052406896909651590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851246794143905627.post-3863624673002517352010-08-16T17:33:54.972+10:002010-08-16T17:33:54.972+10:00I love these stories of astounding feats of Mathle...I love these stories of astounding feats of Mathletics. I have to confess that I even think the films A Beautful Mind and Goodwill hunting are good as a result.Alistair Spaldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10452520687676693285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851246794143905627.post-50600297309677334362010-08-16T17:32:45.126+10:002010-08-16T17:32:45.126+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.Alistair Spaldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10452520687676693285noreply@blogger.com