For a longer read, I can highly recommend the book "The Man from the Future" by Ananyo Bhattacharya. It's quite an easy read and extensively discusses the life and discoveries by John von Neumann in chronological order.

Not sure what just happened but like 10 comments just vanished. Anyway, here's a wiki link to "The Martians" which was a group of Hungarian scientists and Von Neuman was a member.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martians_(scientists)

"The Martians" (Hungarian: "A marslakók") were a group of prominent scientists (mostly, but not exclusively, physicists and mathematicians) of Hungarian Jewish descent who emigrated from Europe to the United States in the early half of the 20th century.[1]

Leo Szilard jokingly suggested that Hungary was a front for aliens from Mars."

Hungarian high school science fair projects...

My favorite dude. Imagine one of the world's smartest people almost continually killing himself because he can't stop reading while driving.

When you look at it holistically, von Neumann was more influential in science and mathematics in the 20th century than either Einstein or Planck. He wasn't as obvious a symbol of the scientific revolution, but his contributions to SO MANY THINGS at a fundamental level makes him stand out to me.

Why does it start with page number 382?

"The duties of John von Neumann's assistant" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16411799

for a chance to experience his mind, I recommend his book: "The computer and the brain".

Recently I enjoyed very much The MANIAC by Benjamin Labatut:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_MANIAC