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by Sniffnoy 726 days ago
This was an earlier husband of hers, not von Neumann.
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Sniffnoy 726 days ago
Oops, I wasn't reading carefully and got this wrong -- this was in fact von Neumann.
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gumby 726 days ago
Yes, the first husband was an inveterate gambler, but she did meet JvN in a casino too, with an absurd story.
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vinnyvichy 726 days ago
We know him for his researches in games of chance (& skill), but here he definitely took his chances :)

"Chess is not a game. Chess is computation." --JvN

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