Interesting: Oswald Veblen, the recipient of the von Neumann letter, was the nep...

hilux 10 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: What John von Neumann did at Los Alamos (2020)

Interesting: Oswald Veblen, the recipient of the von Neumann letter, was the nephew of Thorstein Veblen, who gave a name to "conspicuous consumption," among other things.