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The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann (Ananyo Bhattacharya)

The Worthy House (Charles Haywood)

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- Jehn Von Norman's Family Name

Jehn von norman was born simple, norman jano schlesh, in the hungarian naming style. His pridecatum was ratsalmashi, after ratsalmash, a village south of budapest. He started using the fun when studying in switzerland as a teen ager because he wanted to signify to his german classmates he was noble. Noble titles are rarer in germany and austria than they were in hungary. My family got noble status in 16 86 for killing turks, not like max, for economic advice to the state. Although i suppose i could petition karl von hapsburg to allow the descent.

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