Intelligence.
Three of them went on to win nobel prizes, another invented the modern computer, a fifth played a crucial role in developing the atomic bomb. They became regarded as some of the smartest people to have ever lived.
In response, one of them joked that, "Martians are already here, and they call themselves Hungarians!"
Our mission is to answer that question.
To understand and harness modern superintelligence.
Leo Szilard
Physicist, biologist and inventor who made numerous important discoveries in nuclear physics and the biological sciences. He conceived the nuclear chain reaction in 1933, and patented the idea in 1936. In late 1939 he wrote the letter for Albert Einstein's signature that resulted in the Manhattan Project that built the atomic bomb.
Paul Erdos
One of the most prolific mathematicians and producers of mathematical conjectures of the 20th century. He pursued and proposed problems in discrete mathematics, graph theory, number theory, mathematical analysis, approximation theory, set theory, and probability theory. He championed and contributed to Ramsey theory.
John von Neumann
Mathematician, physicist, computer scientist and engineer. He made 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. His analysis of the structure of self-replication preceded the discovery of the structure of DNA.
