"He was admired by the brightest stars at Los Alamos: Oppenheimer, Bethe, Feynman, Peierls, Teller and many others; they acknowledged him as their superior for sheer brain power."
— John von Neumann

January 1, 1970

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Peter Lax, in John von Neumann: The Early Years, The Years at Los Alamos and the Road to Computing (30 April 2014)