"Nevertheless, it was generally agreed that von Neumann was the leading mathematical mind in the world at that time."
— John von Neumann

January 1, 1970

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Alice Beckenbach, as quoted in Fascinating Mathematical People: Interviews and Memoirs (2011), p. 106