Stanislaw Ulam
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| Stanislaw Ulam | |
| Born | April 13, 1909 |
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| Died | May 13, 1984 |
| Residence | deceased |
| Nationality | Polish, American |
| Institutions | Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, University of Wisconsin, Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of Colorado, University of Florida |
| Alma mater | Lwów Polytechnic Institute |
Stanisław Ulam was a mathematician and nuclear physicist whose interest in theoretical biology led to his collaboration with John von Neumann and their discovery of the concept of cellular automaton in the 1940s. His later work on simulation games spurred John Conway to work on two-dimensional cellular automaton rules, leading to Conway's Game of Life.
External links
- Conway's Game of Life at Wikipedia
- Stanislaw Ulam at Wikipedia
- Stanisław Marcin Ulam at the Mathematics Genealogy Project