Stephen Wolfram

British-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, writer and businessman (born 1959)

Stephen Wolfram is a British-American computer scientist, physicist, and businessman. He is known for his work in computer algebra and theoretical physics, and is the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research, where he designed Mathematica and the Wolfram Alpha answer engine. In 2012, he was named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

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About the Stephen Wolfram

Stephen Wolframis a British-American computer scientist, physicist, and businessman. He is known for his work in computer algebra, and theoretical physics. In 2012, he was named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

As a businessman, he is the founder and CEO of the software company Wolfram Research where he works as chief designer of Mathematica and the Wolfram Alpha answer engine.

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Stephen Wolfram is a British-American computer scientist, physicist, and businessman who is known for his work in computer algebra and theoretical physics.

Stephen Wolfram was born on August 29, 1959, and is known for his work in computer science, physics, and business. In 2012, he was named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

Stephen Wolfram is the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research, where he works as the chief designer of Mathematica and the Wolfram Alpha answer engine.

Stephen Wolfram is known for his work in computer algebra and theoretical physics, and in 2012, he was named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

The Wolfram Alpha answer engine is a product designed by Stephen Wolfram and his company, Wolfram Research, which provides computational knowledge and answers to a wide range of questions.

7 Quotes by Stephen Wolfram

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    Well, the first thing to say is that we’ve worked hard to maintain compatibility, so that any program written with an earlier version of Mathematica can run without change in 3.0, and any notebook can be converted.

    Stephen Wolfram

    British-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, writer and businessman (born 1959)

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    There are a few very small incompatible changes – I really doubt most people will ever run into them.

    Stephen Wolfram

    British-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, writer and businessman (born 1959)

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    The fact that the same symbolic programming primitives work for those as work for math kinds of things, I think, really validates the idea of symbolic programming being something pretty general.

    Stephen Wolfram

    British-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, writer and businessman (born 1959)

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    The most important precedents deal with the whole idea of symbolic programming – the notion of setting up symbolic expressions that can represent anything one wants, and then having functions that operate on both their structure and content.

    Stephen Wolfram

    British-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, writer and businessman (born 1959)

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    You kind of alluded to it in your introduction. I mean, for the last 300 or so years, the exact sciences have been dominated by what is really a good idea, which is the idea that one can describe the natural world using mathematical equations.

    Stephen Wolfram

    British-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, writer and businessman (born 1959)

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    So the thing I realized rather gradually – I must say starting about 20 years ago now that we know about computers and things – there’s a possibility of a more general basis for rules to describe nature.

    Stephen Wolfram

    British-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, writer and businessman (born 1959)

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    The thing that got me started on the science that I’ve been building now for about 20 years or so was the question of okay, if mathematical equations can’t make progress in understanding complex phenomena in the natural world, how might we make progress?

    Stephen Wolfram

    British-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, writer and businessman (born 1959)