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Virtually all computers today, from $10 million supercomputers to the tiny chips that power cell phones and Furbies, have one thing in common: they are all "Von Neumann machines," variations on the basic computer architecture that John von Neumann, building on the work of Alan Turing, laid out in the 1940s. Men have become famous for less. But in the lifetime of this Hungarian-born mathematician who had his hand in everything from quantum physics to U.S. policy during the cold war, the Von Neumann machine was almost the least of his accomplishments...
After Bemif Professor of International Law Detlev F. Vagts '48-'49 provided background information on the cases, Story Professor of Law Arthur T. von Mehren '42-'43 praised the idea of class action suits...
...Hickam Jr., a former engineer at NASA who grew up in a small West Virginia coal town in the late '50s hoping to pursue a career in rocketry. This was against the wishes of his father, who in the movie says things like, "Quit wastin' time worryin' about Wernher von Braun," and "By golly, you'd find out [about life in the mines] soon enough...
...This gate, completed in 1891, carves the space between Wigg D and E. A gift by George von Longerke Meyer, former Secretary of Navy, the gate was designed by Charles Follen McKim...
This gate, completed in 1891, carves the space between Wigg D and E. A. gift by George von Longerke Meyer, former Secretary of Navy, the gate was designed by Charles Follen McKim...