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ISI: First <strong>Monte</strong> <strong>Carlo</strong> publications<br />

1949: Nicholas Metropolis <strong>and</strong> Stan Ulam,<br />

The <strong>Monte</strong> <strong>Carlo</strong> Method<br />

1950 : Robert R Wilson,<br />

<strong>Monte</strong> <strong>Carlo</strong> calculations <strong>of</strong> showers <strong>in</strong> lead<br />

(APS abstract, full paper 1952)<br />

1950: Herman Kahn, R<strong>and</strong>om Sampl<strong>in</strong>g (<strong>Monte</strong> <strong>Carlo</strong>)<br />

techniques <strong>in</strong> neutron attenuation problems<br />

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