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'''Stephen Wolfram''' (/ˈwʊlfrəm/; born 29 August 1959) is a British-American computer scientist, physicist, and businessman. He is known for his work in computer science, mathematics, and in theoretical physics. In 2012, he was named an inaugural fellow of the American Mathematical Society. | [[File:Stephen Wolfram.jpg|thumb|Stephen Wolfram.]]'''Stephen Wolfram''' (/ˈwʊlfrəm/; born 29 August 1959) is a British-American computer scientist, physicist, and businessman. He is known for his work in computer science, mathematics, and in theoretical physics. In 2012, he was named an inaugural fellow of the American Mathematical Society. | ||
As a businessman, he is the founder and CEO of the software company Wolfram Research where he worked as chief designer of Mathematica and the Wolfram Alpha answer engine. His recent work has been on knowledge-based programming, expanding and refining the programming language of Mathematica into what is now called the Wolfram Language. | As a businessman, he is the founder and CEO of the software company Wolfram Research where he worked as chief designer of Mathematica and the Wolfram Alpha answer engine. His recent work has been on knowledge-based programming, expanding and refining the programming language of Mathematica into what is now called the Wolfram Language. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:20, 24 June 2019
Stephen Wolfram (/ˈwʊlfrəm/; born 29 August 1959) is a British-American computer scientist, physicist, and businessman. He is known for his work in computer science, mathematics, and in theoretical physics. In 2012, he was named an inaugural fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
As a businessman, he is the founder and CEO of the software company Wolfram Research where he worked as chief designer of Mathematica and the Wolfram Alpha answer engine. His recent work has been on knowledge-based programming, expanding and refining the programming language of Mathematica into what is now called the Wolfram Language.
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External links:
- Stephen Wolfram @ Wikipedia
- Podcast: Mathmatica creator Stephen Wolfram's favorite tools @ Boing Boing: "Stephen is the creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha and the Wolfram Language; he's the author of A New Kind of Science; and the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research. Over the course of nearly four decades, Stephen has been a pioneer in the development and application of computational thinking and has been responsible for many discoveries, inventions and innovations in science, technology and business."