Stanislaw Ulam was a Polish-American scientist best remembered for his expertise in the fields of nuclear physics and mathematics. He played an important role during the Second World War, working together with other scientists and mathematicians in the Manhattan Project. He is also credited with originating the Teller–Ulam design, the basis for all thermonuclear weapons.
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Stanislaw Ulam
(Mathematician)
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Birthdate: April 13, 1909
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lviv
Died: May 13, 1984
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Svyatoslav Vakarchuk
(Ukrainian Musician and Former Member of the Ukrainian Parliament)
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Birthdate: May 14, 1975
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Mukachevo, Ukraine
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Georges Charpak
(Physicist)
Birthdate: August 1, 1924
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: DÄ…browica, Poland
Died: September 29, 2010
Georges Charpak was a physicist whose invention and development of the multiwire proportional chamber earned him the prestigious Nobel Prize in Physics in 1992. He is also credited with co-founding several companies, including SuperSonic Imagine and Molecular Engines Laboratories. Over the course of his illustrious career, Georges Charpak was also honored with other awards, such as the Golden Plate Award.
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Maurice Goldhaber
(American Physicist Known for His Work on Neutrinos and Negative Helicity)
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Birthdate: April 18, 1911
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lviv, Ukraine
Died: May 11, 2011
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Borys Paton
(Ukrainian Scientist and Former Chairman of the National Academy of Sciences)
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Birthdate: November 27, 1918
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kyiv, Ukrainian People's Republic
Died: August 19, 2020
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Yevgeny Zavoisky
(Stalin Prize- and Lenin Prize-Winning Soviet Physicist )
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Birthdate: September 28, 1907
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Mohyliv-Podilskyy, Ukraine
Died: October 9, 1976
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Theophan Prokopovich
(Russian-Ukrainian Theologian, Writer, Philosopher, and Mathematician)
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Birthdate: June 18, 1681
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kyiv, Ukraine
Died: September 19, 1736