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John Pasta

American physicist (1918-1981) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 62

John Robert Pasta was an American computational physicist and computer scientist who is remembered today for the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou experiment, the result of which was much discussed among physicists and researchers in the fields of dynamical systems and chaos theory, and as the head of the department of...

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Bronze Star Medal

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John Robert Pasta was an American computational physicist and computer scientist who is remembered today for the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou experiment, the result of which was much discussed among physicists and researchers in the fields of dynamical systems and chaos theory, and as the head of the department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1964 to 1970.

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1918 to 1981 · aged 62