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The mathematicians know a great deal about very little and the physicists very little about a great deal.

Stanisław Ulam

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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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The mathematicians know a great deal about very little and the physicists very little about a great deal. - Stanisław Ulam

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