John von Neumann: Formative Years

This biographical essay by von Neumann\´s younger brother traces the development of John von Neumann\´s axiomatic method to his early environment. Nicholas Vonneuman sees the early contact with eminent scientists and scholars in their parents\´ house and the discussion of management practices at dinner conversations as shaping experiences in his brother\´s life. His mother\´s motto "to make the impossible possible" also exerted great influence on his brother.