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IAS machine
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The IAS machine was the first electronic computer built at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. It is sometimes called the von Neumann machine, since the paper describing its des
The IAS machine on display at the Smithsonian Institution
The IAS machine on display at the Smithsonian Institution
James Pomerene working on the IAS machine
James Pomerene working on the IAS machine
J. Robert Oppenheimer and John von Neumann in front of the IAS machine, 1952
J. Robert Oppenheimer and John von Neumann in front of the IAS machine, 1952
John von Neumann
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John von Neumann was a Hungarian and American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist and engineer. Von Neumann had perhaps the widest coverage of any mathematician of his time, integrating pure
IAS machine
…for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey. It is sometimes called the von Neumann machine, since the paper describing its design was edited by John von Neumann, a mathematics professor at both Princeton University and IAS. The computer was built under his direction, starting in 1946 and finished in 1951. The…
Excerpt from the university calendars for 1928 and 1928/29 of the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin announcing Neumann's lectures on the theory of
Excerpt from the university calendars for 1928 and 1928/29 of the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin announcing Neumann's lectures on the theory of functions II, axiomatic set theory and mathematical logic, the mathematical colloquium, review of recent work in quantum mechanics, special functions of mathematical physics and Hilbert's proof theory. He also lectured on the theory of relativity, set theory, integral equations and analysis of infinitely many variables.
Von Neumann's gravestone
Von Neumann's gravestone
Von Neumann's memorial plaque on the wall of his birthplace in Budapest, 5th district Báthory u. 26.
Von Neumann's memorial plaque on the wall of his birthplace in Budapest, 5th district Báthory u. 26.
The AVIDAC computer was partially based on the architecture of the IAS machine developed by von Neumann.
The AVIDAC computer was partially based on the architecture of the IAS machine developed by von Neumann.