Nicholas Constantine Metropolis (June 11, 1915 - October 17, 1999) was a Greek-American physicist who received his BSc in 1937 and PhD in physics in 1941 at the University of Chicago. He arrived at Los Alamos National Laboratory in April 1943, returned in 1948 to lead the Theoretical Division group that designed and built the MANIAC I computer in 1952, modeled on the IAS machine, and the MANIAC II in 1957.
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Nicholas Metropolis
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Nicholas Metropolis led the 1953 paper introducing the Monte Carlo method later generalized by W. K. Hastings into the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm.
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June 11, 1915
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June 11, 1915
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October 17, 1999
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October 17, 1999
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was a Greek-American physicist.
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Wikidata alias: Nicholas Constantine Metropolis
Nicholas Constantine Metropolis
Wikidata P166: Fellow of the American Physical Society
Wikidata P166 (award received): Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Wikidata P166: Computer Pioneer Award
Wikidata P166 (award received): Computer Pioneer Award.
Wikidata alias: Nick Metropolis
Nick Metropolis
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