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It's Stanislaw, since he was Polish, Stanislav would be a Russian name. He is most importantly the co-inventor of the hydrogen bomb:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermonuclear_weapon

There is a great autobiography by him called "Adventures of Mathematician".

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> There is a great autobiography by him called "Adventures of Mathematician".

A terrific book, still available but pricey (ca. $30 for a paperback). I have a dog-eared copy acquired 40 years ago in my library.

The closest Ulam comes to revealing atomic secrets in his book is to say the method he and Teller chose to produce a thermonuclear reaction requires the "repetition of certain arrangements." I always thought that was the perfection of obscurity.

Agreed, linking through Stanislaw Ulam turned out to be evermore interesting, even though the Ulam Spriral itself is a good starting point, given its relevance to the field of programming.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislaw_Ulam

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