Stanislaw Ulam

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Polish-American mathematician Polish-American physicist human mathematician physicist

Stanislaw Ulam was a Polish-American mathematician and physicist known for his key contributions to the development of the hydrogen bomb, the Monte Carlo method, and early work in computing and set theory.

Aliases (2)

Stanisław Ulam ×8
Ulam ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Polish-American mathematician → Polish-American physicist → human → mathematician → physicist →
coInvented	Monte Carlo method → Teller–Ulam design →
countryOfCitizenship	Poland → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1909-04-13 →
dateOfDeath	1984-05-13 →
educatedAt	Jan Kazimierz University in Lwów → Lwów Polytechnic →
employer	Los Alamos National Laboratory → University of Colorado Boulder → University of New Mexico → University of Wisconsin–Madison →
familyName	Ulam →
fieldOfWork	computing → dynamical systems → ergodic theory → mathematics → nuclear physics → probability theory → set theory → theoretical physics →
givenName	Stanislaw →
hasRelative	Adam Ulam →
knownFor	co-inventing the Teller–Ulam design → contributions to set theory → development of the Monte Carlo method → development of the hydrogen bomb → early work in computing → work on nuclear propulsion concepts →
languageSpoken	English → Polish →
memberOf	Lwów School of Mathematics →
notableWork	Monte Carlo method → Teller–Ulam design → Ulam problem in set theory → Ulam sequence → Ulam spiral → Ulam stability →
placeOfBirth	Lviv →
placeOfDeath	Santa Fe, New Mexico →
proposed	Project Orion nuclear pulse propulsion concept →
religion	Judaism →
sexOrGender	male →
workedOn	Manhattan Project → thermonuclear weapons →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Teller–Ulam design ("Stanisław Ulam") → Ulam problem in set theory ("Stanisław Ulam") → Ulam sequence ("Stanisław Ulam") → Ulam spiral → Ulam stability ("Stanisław Ulam") →	namedAfter
Ulam spiral →	discoveredBy
Los Alamos Laboratory →	employed
Stanislaw Ulam ("Ulam") →	familyName
Lwów School of Mathematics ("Stanisław Ulam") →	hasMember
Stanislaw →	hasNotableBearer
Project Y →	involvedScientist
Project Orion (nuclear pulse propulsion) →	keyPerson
Monte Carlo method →	notableDeveloper
Hugo Steinhaus ("Stanisław Ulam") →	notableStudent
Ulam problem in set theory ("Stanisław Ulam") →	posedBy
Project Orion (nuclear pulse propulsion) →	proposedBy
Ulam problem in set theory ("Stanisław Ulam") →	relatedTo