Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines is an article published by Nicholas Metropolis, Arianna W. Rosenbluth, Marshall N. Rosenbluth, Augusta H. Teller, and Edward Teller in the Journal of Chemical Physics in 1953. This paper proposed what became known as the Metropolis Monte Carlo algorithm, which forms the basis for Monte Carlo statistical mechanics simulations of atomic and molecular systems. The attribution of the method to Metropolis is unfortunate, as "Metropolis played no role in its development other than providing computer time". In fact, the theoretical work was done by Marshall N. Rosenbluth, who later gained renown as one of the greatest plasma physicists of the 20th century.