.This documentary was made in 1966. Now available for educational uses. John von Neumann was the greatest mathematician of the 20th century. He contributed so much to physics, mathematics, chemistry, geometry and the evolution of the computer. His work included including the creation of Game Theory, Quantum Mechanics, the development of nuclear power and the very earliest computer programming and robotics.
Von Neumann taught at Princeton University, was part of the group that built the A-bomb at Los Alamos, created numerical weather forecasting, had an extraordinary photographic memory, and President Dwight Eisenhower presented Von Neumann with the Erico Fermi award.
In 1966, my partner Amram Nowak in association with the Mathematics Association of America produced this classic one-hour documentary in which an extraordinary group of scientists articulated what he was like to work with and what he accomplished. It has not been available since that time.
The documentary presents lengthy dialogues with the 20th century's leading scientists including Edward Teller, Hans Bethe, Eugene Wigner, Paul Halmos, Herman Goldstine and Oskar Morgenstern.
Wrote Charles Ashbacher in Mathematics and Computer Education -- "this documentary reveals why Von Neumann is the most influential mathematician of the 20th century."
Mathematician, professor and author Shubendu Trivedi wrote: "this is a documentary treasure that I would highly recommend. Hearing the reflections of Herman Goldstine, Hans Bethe and Edward Teller alone makes it worthwhile."
Von Neumann taught at Princeton University, was part of the group that built the A-bomb at Los Alamos, created numerical weather forecasting, had an extraordinary photographic memory, and President Dwight Eisenhower presented Von Neumann with the Erico Fermi award.
In 1966, my partner Amram Nowak in association with the Mathematics Association of America produced this classic one-hour documentary in which an extraordinary group of scientists articulated what he was like to work with and what he accomplished. It has not been available since that time.
The documentary presents lengthy dialogues with the 20th century's leading scientists including Edward Teller, Hans Bethe, Eugene Wigner, Paul Halmos, Herman Goldstine and Oskar Morgenstern.
Wrote Charles Ashbacher in Mathematics and Computer Education -- "this documentary reveals why Von Neumann is the most influential mathematician of the 20th century."
Mathematician, professor and author Shubendu Trivedi wrote: "this is a documentary treasure that I would highly recommend. Hearing the reflections of Herman Goldstine, Hans Bethe and Edward Teller alone makes it worthwhile."
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