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Stephen Wolfram

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Stephen Wolfram is a British-American computer scientist, physicist and businessman known for creating the Mathematica computational software system and the Wolfram Alpha computational knowledge engine. He earned a PhD in theoretical physics from the California Institute of Technology at age twenty before turning to computational science, and in his 2002 book A New Kind of Science he argued that simple computational rules, such as cellular automata, can generate the complexity observed throughout nature.

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Birth Year
1959 1
Nationality
United Kingdom 1
Nationality
United States 1
Notable Work
A New Kind of Science 1
Notable Work
Mathematica 1
Notable Work
Wolfram Language 1
Birthplace
London, United Kingdom 1
Field
Field (category)
Physics 1
Field (category)
Mathematics 1
Field (category)
Computer Science 1
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1. Stephen Wolfram (Wikidata)
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United Kingdom
    Q145
  • P19 (place of birth): London, United Kingdom
    Q84
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United States
    Q30
  • P800 (notable work): Wolfram Language
    Q15241057
  • P800 (notable work): A New Kind of Science
    Q2987018
  • P800 (notable work): Mathematica
    Q81294
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Stephen Wolfram (Wikipedia)
  • Works In: Physics, Infobox, fields
    Infobox fields: class=nowrap Mathematics Physics Computing Cellular automata endplainlist
  • Works In: Mathematics, Infobox, fields
    Infobox fields: class=nowrap Mathematics Physics Computing Cellular automata endplainlist
  • Member Of: Institute for Advanced Study, Infobox, workplaces
    Infobox workplaces: class=nowrap Wolfram Research Thinking Machines Corporation California Institute of Technology Institute for Advanced Study University of Illinois Urbana-brChampaign endplainlist
  • Works In: Physics, Lead sentence
    Stephen Wolfram ( ; born 29 August 1959) is a British-American computer scientist, physicist, and businessman.
  • Works In: Computer Science, Lead sentence
    Stephen Wolfram ( ; born 29 August 1959) is a British-American computer scientist, physicist, and businessman.
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