스타니스와프 울람

소개

스타니스와프 마르친 울람(폴란드어: Stanisław Marcin Ulam, 1909년 4월 13일~1984년 5월 13일)은 폴란드와 미국의 수학자이다. 수소폭탄의 개발자로 유명하다.

Stanisław Marcin Ulam was a Polish and, later an American mathematician who made important contributions in advancing the understanding of nuclear physics and computer science. 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 championed nuclear pulse propulsion. In pure and applied mathematics, he proved a number of theorems and proposed several conjectures.