Los Alamos bets on ENIAC: Nuclear Monte Carlo simulations, 1947–1948 (2014) [pdf]

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A historical paper examining how Los Alamos National Laboratory adopted the ENIAC computer for nuclear Monte Carlo simulations in 1947–1948, analyzing the decision-making and early computational practices that shaped modern scientific computing.

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