technologia: John von Neumann

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John von Neumann ( von NOY-mən; Hungarian: Neumann János Lajos; December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957) was a Hungarian and American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist and engineer. Von Neumann had perhaps the widest breadth of any mathematician of his time, integrating pure and applied sciences and making major contributions to many fields, including mathematics, physics, economics, computing, and statistics. He was a pioneer in building the mathematical framework of quantum physics, in the development of functional analysis, and in game theory, introducing or codifying concepts including cellular automata, the universal constructor and the digital computer. His analysis of the str…

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The Atlas and the Air Force: Reassessing the Beginnings of America's First Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. In March 1954, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) decided to move ahead with the development of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), a central weapon of the cold war. The advent of thermonuclear weapons with their vastly enhanced firepower and small size caused experts and policymakers in the United States military to proceed with the development of America's first ICBM, the Atlas, at roughly the sam! e time as Soviet leaders began their own ICBM program for the same reason. Historians influenced by the political crisis in the United States caused by the Soviet launch in 1957 of th…

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Tactical Ballistic Missile Defense for the United States Marine Corps

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Theater Ballistic Missile Defense, an Achilles Heel for the United States

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Operational Improvements to the U.S. Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile Enable This Leg of the Strategic Triad to Assume the Role of the U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic Missile