Stanisław Marcin Ulam was a Polish mathematician, nuclear physicist and computer scientist. He participated in the Manhattan Project, originated the Teller–Ulam design of thermonuclear weapons, ... Wikipedia
Born: April 13, 1909, Lviv, Ukraine
Died: May 13, 1984 (age 75 years), Santa Fe, NM
Education: Lviv Polytechnic National University (1932–1933) and Lviv Polytechnic National University (1927–1932)
Known for: Teller–Ulam design; Monte Carlo method; Fermi–Pasta–Ulam–Tsingou problem; Nuclear pulse propulsion
Partner: Françoise Aron Ulam (1941–)
Parents: Anna Auerbach and Józef Ulam
Books
Adventures of a Mathematician
1976
A collection of mathematical problems
1960
Stanislaw Ulam 1909-1984
Analogies Between Analogies: The Mathematical Reports of S.M. Ulam and His Los Alamos Collaborators
Science, Computers, and People: From the Tree of Mathematics
1986
Mathematics and Logic: Retrospect and Prospects
1968