From Brownian motion to molecular simulations

A brief historical overview towards the contribution of two famous Lviv scholars -- Marian Smoluchowski and Stanisław Ulam -- to the development of modern physical science fields such as molecular modeling and computer simulations is presented and discussed in connection with recent studies carried out in Lviv universities and research institutions.

history of science
Monte Carlo simulations
молекулярно-динамічне моделювання
first principles ab initio simulations
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