Timeline of scientific computing

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The following is a timeline of scientific computing, also known as computational science.

Before modern computers

18th century

19th century

1900s (decade)

1910s (decade)

1920s

1930s

This decade marks the first major strides to a modern computer, and hence the start of the modern era.

1940s

  • 1947 – Metropolis algorithm for Monte Carlo simulation (named one of the top-10 algorithms of the 20th century)[25] invented at Los Alamos by von Neumann, Ulam and Metropolis.[26][27][28]
  • George Dantzig introduces the simplex method (named one of the top 10 algorithms of the 20th century)[25] in 1947.[29]
  • Ulam and von Neumann introduce the notion of cellular automata.[30]
  • Turing formulated the LU decomposition method.[31]
  • A. W. H. Phillips invents the MONIAC hydraulic computer at LSE, better known as "Phillips Hydraulic Computer".[32][33]
  • First hydro simulations occurred at Los Alamos.[34][35]

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s


See also

References

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