1951-1963
At Los Alamos National Laboratory Pasta would begin his work on his most famous projects.
In 1952, working under Nicholas Metropolis on the MANIAC I, John Pasta aided in the construction of an early computer that specialized in calculations around weapons design.
After working on the MANIAC I, Pasta continued on to work in the project he is most known for, the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam experiment.
After working alongside Enrico Fermi and Stanislaw Marcin Ulam Pasta went on to work for the Atomic Energy Commission as the only computer expert, eventually developing the branch of mathematics and computers to an entire division.
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