It is most important in creative science not to give up. If you are an optimist you will be willing to "try" more than if you are a pessimist. - Stanisław Ulam

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It is most important in creative science not to give up. If you are an optimist you will be willing to "try" more than if you are a pessimist.

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About Stanisław Ulam

Stanisław Marcin Ulam (April 13, 1909 – May 13, 1984) was a Polish-American mathematician who participated in the Manhattan Project and proposed the Teller–Ulam design of thermonuclear weapons. He also invented nuclear pulse propulsion and developed a number of mathematical tools in number theory, set theory, ergodic theory, and algebraic topology.

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Native Name: Stanisław Marcin Ulam
Alternative Names: Stanislaw Ulam
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