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Stephen Wolfram is a cult figure in programming and mathematics. He is the brains behind Wolfram Alpha, a website that tries to answer questions by using algorithms to sift through a massive database ...

In a nutshell: Launching the project in the midst of a global pandemic may seem almost "disrespectful" (his words, not mine), but according to Wolfram, he also thought it could serve as an ...

Stephen Wolfram – the physicist who created Mathematica – reflects on how this computational tool has changed in 30 years, and on the practical and conceptual role that computational thinking plays in ...