JOHN VON NEUMANN

JOHN VON NEUMANN

Born: 28 December 1903 in Budapest, Hungary.
Died: 8 February 1957 in Washington DC., U.S.A.

      Every high school or college student of sciences, probably might have come across the above mentioned name. John Von Neumann was unquestionably a genius. As a child, Von Neumann showed he had an incredible memory. At the age of 6, he could tell jokes in classical Greek and could divide two 8-digit numbers in his head. By the age of 8, he was familiar with differential and integral calculus. He could recite books he had read years earlier word for word. He could read a page of the phone directory and then recite it backwards. On one occasion, it took Von Neumann only 6minutes to solve a problem in his head that another Professor had spent hours on using a mechanical calculator.
He published a definition on ordinal numbers when he was 20, the definition is the one used today. He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics when he was 22years of age and his doctorate in mathematics at age 23.
Von Neumann is perhaps most famous as the man who worked out the complicated method needed to detonate an atomic bomb.

LITE TRUTHS FROM THE INSIGNIFICANT

Couple of days ago, I saw this fascinating snake-like lizard(glass lizard). Its look were a bit scary but attractive as well. Its movement pattern caught my attention for some minutes, I admired this little reptile. This admiration led me to a consequential researchh on Lizards. Through the research, I was able to make deductions of three life truths that can be learnt from the behavioural features of  Lizard. These three lessons made me understand the reason behind the Bible's remark of the Lizard as a 'little but exceedingly wise' creature.(Proverbs 30:28).

Lesson 1: ECDYSIS
     All lizards grow continuously throughout their lives, however their skin does not grow to accommodate their changing size. It is for this reason that they must shed their skin regularly to allow proper growth.
     This depicts their thirst to keep growing at all cost. Like the lizard, we have to outgrow

FIGHT AGAINST 'HUMAN INERTIA'

     "Inertia - a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged".

     At some times in our lives, we feel contented and unconcerned about the present state of life, thinking that could be all we are capable of achieving. but deep down our hearts, we know we've not yet attained the life of our dream and the purpose of God for us. We conclude there is nothing else we can do to make positive changes. This depicts "HUMAN INERTIA".
     Life is not designed to reward inertia. Lack of drive is the problem of many people today, not the absence of opportunities. People are loosing their sense of accomplishment, purpose and most of all

WHAT A SMALL WORLD...?

     They both boarded the same commercial bus, going from Onitsha to Asaba in Nigeria. Jane the younger lady was going for a job interview. As a First-class Bsc. graduate in Petroleum Engineering, she has been invited for a job opportunity worth paying 330,000 Naira per month if granted.
She was looking gorgeous on her neatly ironed semi-long white skirt and blue shirt. Mrs. Chinyere, the older lady in the same bus, was reporting to work.
Jane was already seated when Mrs. Chinyere was about to

IF I PERISH, I PERISH

      This is a language spoken and understood only by men with Lion’s heart. These are men who have sealed their hearts with courage and had drunken from the cup of fearlessness. Conquering warriors know how to speak these words and understands its true meaning. This is the language that helps them conquer wars. It fills their hearts with rivers of faith and boldness, giving them de-magnifying eyes which makes them see mountains as plains.

THE GOLDEN RULE; THE GIVING RULE

"Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom." - Luke 6:38

"While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest,… shall not cease." - Genesis 8:22

"Give, even if you only have a little." - Buddha 
Not just only the Bible propounded this rule, the Quran and other religious books forwarded this same rule, which solidifies the authenticity and workability of this rule. With all these back-ups, it can be vividly deduced that it is a natural rule guiding the earth. It’s a golden rule, it’s the secret of

LIVING A BIG LIFE, THE BEST LIFE

    Ninety-nine percent of humans on earth possess an aspiration that settles at the back of their minds. This is the aspiration to live a BIG life. This becomes the prevailing driving force of every human, no matter the class. Even the beggars, the poor and the disabled possess this aspiration, that’s why they strive to survive and keep wishing for a better life on earth. This will leads man to seek for diverse ways to survive and make it