banker. John was a child prodigy. At the age of 6, he could divide two

8-digit numbers in his head. At 8, he mastered calculus; by 12 he was at the

graduate level in mathematics. At 17, his father tried to get him to become

something more financially practical then a mathematician. John agreed to

study chemistry along with mathematics. He studied chemistry in Berlin and

then Zurich and mathematics in Budapest. In 1926, at the age of 23, he

received his degree in chemical engineering and a Ph.D. on mathematics. In

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Berlin Zurich, Von Neumann, Energy Commission, von neumann, Washington DC, hydrogen bomb, armed forces, mathematical skills, john von, john von neumann,
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