"Unquestionably the nearest thing to a genius I have ever encountered."
— John von Neumann

January 1, 1970

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Nicholas Kaldor, 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. 250