On Stanislaw Ulam

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[...] in the midst of World War II, his friend John von Neumann invited him to a secret project in New Mexico. To research the invitation, Ulam checked out a book on New Mexico from the University Library, and found, listed on the library check-out card, those who had successively disappeared from the campus at the UW.

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Я думаю, оттуда это и взято.