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It's a better math encyclopedia than Wikipedia, so lost the scare quotes
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'''Stephen Wolfram''' (born 1959) is an independent [[physicist]], [[mathematician]], and the founder of ''Wolfram Research, Inc.'', a successful software company that sells software programs for scientific research and publications; its flagship product is ''[[Mathematica]]'', a programming language designed for technical computation. His company hosts the free [[MathWorld]], which states that it is the "web's most extensive mathematics resource."<ref>http://mathworld.wolfram.com/</ref>. [[Eric Weisstein]] is the major designer of MathWorld, along with contributions by many others worldwide.
'''Stephen Wolfram''' (born 1959) is an independent [[physicist]], [[mathematician]], and the founder of ''Wolfram Research, Inc.'', a successful software company that sells software programs for scientific research and publications; its flagship product is ''[[Mathematica]]'', a programming language designed for technical computation. His company hosts the free [[MathWorld]], an online encyclopedia of mathematics.<ref>http://mathworld.wolfram.com/</ref> [[Eric Weisstein]] is the major designer of MathWorld, along with contributions by many others worldwide.
After two years of intense work, Wolfram published ''A New Kind of Science'' in 2002 in which he turned to [[cellular automata]] for insights in science. This was a popular success but met with a mixed reaction by other scientists and mathematicians. The book has not generated much change in the direction of science but remains a valuable resource.
After two years of intense work, Wolfram published ''A New Kind of Science'' in 2002 in which he turned to [[cellular automata]] for insights in science. This was a popular success but met with a mixed reaction by other scientists and mathematicians. The book has not generated much change in the direction of science but remains a valuable resource.