Tytulem proby i pierwszego mojego pojawienia sie na tej
liscie, (spozniony) glos do dyskusji sprzed tygodnia o
Stanislawie Ulamie i jego roli w konstrukcji bomby
termonuklearnej.
11 stycznia PBS nadala godzinny
program zatytulowany "Race for the Superbomb" poswiecony
budowie bomby wodorowej. Bylo tam duzo o Ulamie, ktory
zostal wspomniany jako wspoltworca bomby H wspolnie z
Edwardem Tellerem.
W wielu miejscach programu projekt ow byl nazywany
projektem Tellera-Ulama, zas rola Ulama w jego
powodzeniu decydujaca.
Krotki zyciorys Ulama wraz z detalicznym transkryptem
(superciekawego) programu telewizyjnego mozna znalezc na
WWW pod: http://www.pbs.org/:
Stanislaw Ulam (1909-1984)
Polish-born mathematician Stanislaw Ulam
obtained his Ph.D. from the Polytechnic Institute
in Lvov in 1933. In 1935 he received an invitation
from mathematician John von Neumann to visit
the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton for a
few months. Ulam left his homeland for good in
1939, teaching first at Harvard University and
then at the University of Wisconsin. In 1943 he
was recruited to work on the U.S. atomic bomb
project. And in 1951, Ulam and physicist Edward
Teller came up with a design for the first U.S.
H-bomb. Together with von Neumann, Ulam also
developed the "Monte Carlo method," a
procedure that enables mathematicians to solve
complicated problems by making approximations.
Ulam wrote a number of books including: "Sets,
Numbers and Universes," (1974); and his
memoirs, "Adventures of a Mathematician."
obtained his Ph.D. from the Polytechnic Institute
in Lvov in 1933. In 1935 he received an invitation
from mathematician John von Neumann to visit
the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton for a
few months. Ulam left his homeland for good in
1939, teaching first at Harvard University and
then at the University of Wisconsin. In 1943 he
was recruited to work on the U.S. atomic bomb
project. And in 1951, Ulam and physicist Edward
Teller came up with a design for the first U.S.
H-bomb. Together with von Neumann, Ulam also
developed the "Monte Carlo method," a
procedure that enables mathematicians to solve
complicated problems by making approximations.
Ulam wrote a number of books including: "Sets,
Numbers and Universes," (1974); and his
memoirs, "Adventures of a Mathematician."
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(Peter J. Freier)
