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.

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Ulam 1

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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 University of Lviv ⓘ
surface form: Jan Kazimierz University in Lwów

Lwów Polytechnic ⓘ
employer Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ
surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

University of Colorado Boulder ⓘ
University of New Mexico ⓘ
University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ
familyName Stanislaw Ulam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 Markov chain Monte Carlo ⓘ
surface form: Monte Carlo method

Teller–Ulam design ⓘ
Ulam problem in set theory ⓘ
Ulam sequence ⓘ
Ulam spiral ⓘ
Ulam stability ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lwów ⓘ
surface form: Lviv
placeOfDeath Santa Fe, New Mexico ⓘ
proposed Project Orion (nuclear pulse propulsion) ⓘ
surface form: Project Orion nuclear pulse propulsion concept
religion Judaism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workedOn Manhattan Project ⓘ
thermonuclear weapons ⓘ

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Los Alamos Laboratory → employed → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
Project Y → involvedScientist → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
Stanislaw Ulam → familyName → Stanislaw Ulam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Project Orion (nuclear pulse propulsion) → proposedBy → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
Project Orion (nuclear pulse propulsion) → keyPerson → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
Lwów School of Mathematics → hasMember → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
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Teller–Ulam design → namedAfter → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
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Ulam sequence → namedAfter → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
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Ulam stability → namedAfter → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
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Ulam problem in set theory → namedAfter → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
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Ulam problem in set theory → relatedTo → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
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Ulam problem in set theory → posedBy → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
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Hugo Steinhaus → notableStudent → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
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Ulam spiral → namedAfter → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
Ulam spiral → discoveredBy → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
Monte Carlo method → notableDeveloper → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
Stanislaw → hasNotableBearer → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
U.S. thermonuclear weapons program → keyFigure → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
Adam Ulam → sibling → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
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Adam Ulam → relative → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
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Scottish Book → compiledBy → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
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Polish School of Mathematics → notableMember → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
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Scottish Café → associatedWith → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
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Nicholas Metropolis → coAuthorWith → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
Indiscrete Thoughts → containsEssayOn → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
MANIAC I → usedBy → Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ