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Re:Science and Tech of the Byzantine Empire by reese_john on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @09:33AM (#15703962)
John Von Neunman was particularly a huge enthusiast of the Byzantine empire. A professor of Byzantine history at Princeton once said that von Neumann had greater expertise in Byzantine history than he did. [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann#Early_career_...

Re:Science and Tech of the Byzantine Empire by mandelliant on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @09:37AM (#15703987)
That's an awesome fact! I'm reading Von Neumann & Morgenstern's Game Theory and Economic Behavior now and while I'm not surprised he's gifted in other disciplines, it's amazing that someone can be so deep in so many fields.
Re:Science and Tech of the Byzantine Empire by tmccrmck on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @10:59AM (#15704644)
You should read Turing's Cathedral if you are interested in Von Neumann's life.
Re:Science and Tech of the Byzantine Empire by mandelliant on Thursday November 16, 2017 @08:20AM (#15712398)
Thanks for the recommendation. I'm actually reading the biography of Turing at the moment, so that sounds like a perfect follow-up.