Robert McNees
Mathematician Stanislaw Ulam was born #OTD in 1909. He co-discovered cellular automata with von Neumann, proposed the nuclear pulse propulsion behind Project Orion, and, regrettably, pitched the idea that led Teller to the hydrogen bomb.
Image: Amer. Phil. Soc.
Righteous Hazard
@mcnees Monte Carlo. Can't leave out Monte Carlo, which given its usefulness in extending the time horizon weather prediction, probably has saved millions of lives.
Fusion implosion by radiation transport was gonna happen with or without him, probably.
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