Stanisław Marcin Ulam (1909–1984)
Streszczenie
The year 2009 was the centenary of the birth, and the 25th anniversary of the
death, of the outstanding Polish mathematician Stanisław Marcin Ulam. I will
try to present you with a brief portrait of this
extraordinary scientist.
Stanisław Marcin Ulam was born on 13 April
1909 in Lwów (Lviv), and gained his education in
that city. His father, Józef Ulam, was a lawyer, and
his mother Anna (nee Auerbach) was the daughter
of an industrialist. It was a wealthy, Polonized
Jewish family which had arrived from Venice three
generations earlier.