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Even before the present age of specialization, few people have ever contributed significantly to several branches of science, and all of them have a permanent record in the annals of the history of science. John von Neumann made fundamental contributions to mathematics, physics, and economics. Furthermore, his contributions are not disjoined and separate remarks in these fields but arise from a common point of view. Mathematics was always closest to his heart, and it is the science to which he contributed most fundamentally.
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Goldstine, H.H., Wigner, E.P. (2001). The Scientific Work of John von Neumann. In: Mehra, J. (eds) Historical and Biographical Reflections and Syntheses. Historical, Philosophical, and Socio-Political Papers, vol B / 7. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07791-7_13
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