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#85 – Stanisław Ulam: Von Neumann – The Interaction of Mathematics and Computing

#85 – Stanisław Ulam: Von Neumann – The Interaction of Mathematics and Computing

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Stanisław Marcin Ulam (13 April 1909 – 13 May 1984) was a Polish and American mathematician, nuclear physicist and computer scientist. He participated in the Manhattan Project, originated the Teller–Ulam design of thermonuclear weapons, discovered the concept of the cellular automaton, invented the Monte Carlo method of computation, and suggested nuclear pulse propulsion. In pure and applied mathematics, he proved a number of theorems and proposed several conjectures.


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#85 – Stanisław Ulam: Von Neumann – The Interaction of Mathematics and Computing

#85 – Stanisław Ulam: Von Neumann – The Interaction of Mathematics and Computing

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