"[He] thought so fast that he very often anticipated what one was going to say. . . . a pleasant agreeable person . . . the amazing logic of his thought processes."
— John von Neumann

January 1, 1970

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Jule Gregory Charney, as quoted in John Von Neumann: The Scientific Genius who Pioneered the Modern Computer, Game Theory, Nuclear Deterrence, and Much More (1992) by Norman Macrae, p. 317