"Adam was an outstanding scholar," Burgwin Ulam said. "He [eventually] won a scholarship, and Stan didn't have to pay anymore.'
After Brown, Ulam received a Ph.D. in government from Harvard in 1947 and taught until his retirement in 1992.
Before his death, Ulam wrote an autobiography that Burgwin Ulam said will be published in late spring. The first chapter is available online at www.aulam.org.
Baird Research Professor of History Richard Pipes, who has worked closely with Ulam at the Russian Research Center for 50 years, described Ulam as "amusing" and "a very witty man" who told jokes and rarely discussed work.
"You wouldn't know he was working until his books came out," Pipes said.
But he said Ulam made significant contributions in his field.
"He took available information and recast it in an intelligent and interesting way," Pipes said.
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