What is Stanisław Ulam?
[[File:Stanislaw Ulam ID badge.png|thumb|Badge of Ulam's identity of Los Alamos National Laboratory.]] '''Stanisław Marcin Ulam''' (April 13, 1909 – May 13, 1984) was a [[Poland|Polish]] [[mathematician]] who took part in the [[Manhattan Project]] and proposed the design used for most [[thermonuclear weapon]]<nowiki/>s. He also proposed using nuclear explosions to propel rockets, and he developed several mathematical tools in [[number theory]], [[set theory]], ergodic theory and [[algebraic topology]]. Above all, he is known by being a coauthor (with Nicholas Metropolis) of the [[Monte Carlo algorithm]]. Ulam was of [[Jewish]] descent.<ref>''Understanding the Cold War: a historian's personal reflections'', Adam Bruno Ulam, Transaction Publishers, 2002</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ulam, Stanislaw}} [[Category:1909 births]] [[Category:1984 deaths]] [[Category:American mathematicians]] [[Category:Jewish American academics]] [[Category:Jewish American scientists]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:Polish Jews]]