John von Neumann was a mathematician who's design of the IAS became a prototype. Neumann had expertise in many subjects including hydrodynamics, statistics, game theory, ballistics, and meteorology. Von Neumann studied mathematics in a branch that touched on almost everything. Neumann's ideas influenced quantum theory, automata theory, and defense planning. He pioneered game theory and, along with Alan Turing, was one of the conceptual inventors of the computer.
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