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The Monte Carlo method has since been used extensively and successfully in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle space-shuttle] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_entry re-entry] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerodynamics aerodynamics], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operations_research operations research], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_chemistry physical chemistry], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_integration numerical integration], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finance finance] and many more, in addition to physics. I was glad to see that the ideas of Stan Ulam on games and physics re-emerged after almost 70 years. Stan was a theoretical mathematician, but excelled also in applied math, physics and biology, and was involved with the early 6 x 6 computer chess program. Above all, he was extraordinarily original.
==John McCarthy==
{{Quote McCarthy on Alpha-Beta}}
=Selected Publications=
* [http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/U/Ulam.html Ulam, Stanislaw Marcin (1909-1984)] from [http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/ETEmain.html The Internet Encyclopedia of Science]
* [http://strangewondrous.net/browse/author/u/ulam+stanislaw Quotations by Stanislaw Ulam]
* [http://people.bu.edu/gorelik/GGorelik_H-Fathers_Phys-perspect-2009_w.htm Paternity of the H-Bombs: Soviet-American Perspectives] by [http://people.bu.edu/gorelik/ Gennady Gorelik]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi%E2%80%93Pasta%E2%80%93Ulam%E2%80%93Tsingou_problem Fermi–Pasta–Ulam–Tsingou problem from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulam%27s_game Ulam's game from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulam_number Ulam number from Wikipedia]
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_number Lucky number from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulam%27s_packing_conjecture Ulam's packing conjecture from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulam_spiral Ulam spiral from Wikipedia]
=References=
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