< The Unparalleled Genius of John von Neumann There is a lot mathematicians out there and these kind of statements are not helping. Von Neumann work was actuall

< The Unparalleled Genius of John von Neumann There is a lot mathematicians out there and these kind of statements are not helping. Von Neumann work was actually concentrated around a small set of ideas (the study of measure/probability). Most of his work is related to that. Even the Von Neumann algebras were in his interpretation, representation measures. You can also argue that he was pushing further already existing ideas(way further...). In contrast Einstein was creating brand new theory. Von Neumann was a great mathematician and for sure genius. But he was not by any means unparalleled.