The computer has such great effect .But Before it faced our humans ,who had made a great contribution to get it to us? One of the most noncontroversial answer is the mathematical genius –
In 1945, mathematician John von Neumann undertook a study of computation that demonstrated that a computer could have a simple, fixed structure, yet be able to execute any kind of computation. Von Neumann contributed a new understanding of how computers should be organized and built; these ideas, often referred to as the stored-program technique, became fundamental for future generations of high-speed digital computers 。
von Neumann died on Feb 8,1957. With an age of 54. Von Neumann wrote 150 published papers in his life; 60 in pure mathematics, 20 in physics, and 60 in applied mathematics. His last work, published in book form as The Computer and the Brain, gives an indication of the direction of his interests at the time of his death.