Neumann is called "the only genius" in Hungary. Why didn't he win the lottery before his death?

Because Neumann's research field is too extensive, although his intelligence is outstanding and his research results are not bad, there is no suitable award for him. Secondly, Neumann's research results are very important to the United States, so Americans intentionally or unintentionally reduced Neumann's popularity, so Neumann missed out on major scientific awards.

Neumann was born in a German Jewish family, his father was a banker, and his family was rich since childhood. The superior growth environment endows Neumann with an optimistic and cheerful personality, which also makes Neumann different from other eccentric and unsociable scientists. He is good at expressing, likes communication and is very popular among his colleagues. As a banker, his father attached great importance to Neumann's education, invited many tutors to give lessons to young Neumann, and cultivated Neumann's strong interest in learning, so that Neumann learned calculus before he was ten years old, which is a course that college students only learned now.

But Neumann's father thinks that learning chemistry is the future, and Neumann is only interested in mathematics. The two sides can only choose a compromise plan, so that Neumann can study chemistry and mathematics at the same time. Even if he was not interested in chemistry, Neumann got a bachelor's degree in chemistry and a doctorate in mathematics with his extraordinary mind. Unfortunately, because of the outbreak of World War II, Neumann was marginalized everywhere in Germany and his family had to immigrate to the United States.

In the United States, Neumann's talent has been fully exerted. He studied astrophysics, studied explosives while working in the army and summarized the basic principles of game theory. He is called? Father of game theory? He even studied quantum mechanics and computers, and can be called the father of computers together with Turing. But it is such a brilliant genius that he doesn't like fame and never cares about it. Maybe in his opinion, genius doesn't need these pseudonyms to prove it.