Richard Feynman NEVER FORGOT Von Neumann's Final Words

Описание: Richard Feynman NEVER FORGOT Von Neumann's Final Words

The smartest man I ever knew died screaming.
From pain.
And from terror.
John von Neumann, the fastest mind of the twentieth century, the man who could solve impossible equations in seconds, spent his final months in a hospital bed, screaming every night.
The cancer was eating his bones.
But that was not the worst of it.
He was afraid of something else.
He was afraid of not existing.
The man who could hold entire mathematical universes in his head could not accept that one day, that head would stop thinking.
I was not there when Johnny died.
But I heard what happened.
I heard about the military guards outside his door.
I heard about the priest he called in the middle of the night.
I heard about the words he spoke at the end.
And I have never forgotten them.

CHAPTERS
0:00 - The Smartest Man Died Screaming
1:01 - Who Von Neumann Really Was
2:50 - The Diagnosis
3:29 - When His Mind Started Failing
4:50 - Armed Guards at His Door
5:43 - The Terror No One Expected
7:31 - He Called for a Priest
8:50 - The Conversion
10:41 - His Final Words
11:44 - February 8, 1957
12:33 - What His Death Taught Me

DISCLAIMER
This is a dramatic retelling of real events, narrated in first person to bring Feynman's story to life. The voice is AI-generated and is not an imitation of Richard Feynman. All facts are sourced from historical records.

SOURCES
MacRae, Norman. "John von Neumann: The Scientific Genius Who Pioneered the Modern Computer" (1992)
Poundstone, William. "Prisoner's Dilemma" (1993)
Dyson, George. "Turing's Cathedral" (2012)
Sheehan, Neil. "A Fiery Peace in a Cold War" (2009)
MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
Encyclopaedia Britannica

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