A quotation by Von Neumann, John

If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.

John von Neumann (1903-1957) Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, inventor, polymath [János “Johann” Lajos Neumann]

Speech, Association for Computing Machinery inaugural conference, Columbia University, New York (15 Sep 1947)

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