Picture Me Coding
Picture Me Coding is a music podcast about software. Each week your hosts Erik Aker and Mike Mull take on topics in the software world and they are sometimes joined by guests from other fields who arrive with their own burning questions about technology.
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The Monte Carlo Method
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In this episode we discuss the Monte Carlo method, both the technique and its place in the history of computing. The Monte Carlo method is a set of tools that use probability to solve problems that are otherwise intractable. Programs using Monte Carlo were among the first programs created on digital computers.
Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines
Hitting the Jackpot: The Birth of the Monte Carlo Method | LANL
2014HaighPriestleyRope-LosAlamosBetsonENIAC.pdf
The Unheralded Contributions of Klara Dan von Neumann