"He was the most remarkable man. I’m always utterly surprised that his name is not common, household. It is a name that should be known to every American—in fact, every person in the world, just as the name of Einstein is. I am always utterly surprised how come he’s almost totally unknown. In fact, did you know – you did know, all right, you are an unusually well informed person. All people who had met him and interacted with him realized that his brain was more powerful than anyone’s they have ever encountered. I remember Hans Bethe even said, only half in jest, that von Neumann’s brain was a new development of the human brain. Only a slight exaggeration."
John von Neumann

January 1, 1970

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