Dutch programmer who created the Python programming language. He won a bronze medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad. One in 40 gold medallists at the IMO goes on to secure a big science prize—50 times the rate of undergraduates at MIT—and van Rossum is among those whose Olympiad background presaged a transformative career.
"Nuclear war would mean abolition of most comforts, and disruption of normal routines, for children and adults alike."