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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]], 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. | '''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. | + | 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. |
[[Image:Newsciendfsdfs.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Cover of Stephen Wolfram's book, ''A New Kind of Science''.]] | [[Image:Newsciendfsdfs.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Cover of Stephen Wolfram's book, ''A New Kind of Science''.]] | ||
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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, an online encyclopedia of mathematics.[1] 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.
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