Stephen Wolfram

A New Kind of Science

This book of thoroughly engaging essays from one of today's most prodigious innovators provides a uniquely personal perspective on the lives and achievements of a selection of intriguing figures from the history of science and technology. Weaving together his immersive interest in people and history with insights gathered from his own experiences, Stephen Wolfram gives an ennobling look at some of the individuals whose ideas and creations have helped shape our world today. Contents includes biographical sketches of: Richard Feynman Kurt Godel Alan Turing John von Neumann George Boole Ada Lovelace Gottfried Leibniz Benoit Mandelbrot Steve Jobs Marvin Minsky Russell Towle Bertrand Russell Alfred Whitehead Richard Crandall Srinivasa Ramanujan Solomon Golomb

Personal Perspectives on the Lives & Ideas of Some Notable People

Idea Makers

Nobody expected this--not even its creators: ChatGPT has burst onto the scene as an AI capable of writing at a convincingly human level. But how does it really work? What's going on inside its "AI mind"? In this short book, prominent scientist and computation pioneer Stephen Wolfram provides a readable and engaging explanation that draws on his decades-long unique experience at the frontiers of science and technology. Find out how the success of ChatGPT brings together the latest neural net technology with foundational questions about language and human thought posed by Aristotle more than two thousand years ago.

What Is ChatGPT Doing ... and Why Does It Work?

""This book promises to revolutionize science as,we know it"" - Daily Telegraph,""Stephen's magnum opus may be the book of the,decade if not the century"" - Arthur C Clarke,Long-awaited work from one of the world's most,respected scientists presents a series of dramatic,discoveries never before made public. Starting,with a collection of computer experiments, Wolfram,shows how their unexpected results force a,whole new way of looking at the universe. A,seminal work of enormous importance. Includes over,950 illustrations. BBC documentary in development.

Adventures of a Computational Explorer

What Is ChatGPT Doing... and Why Does It Work?

A Centennial View

Combinators

A Project to Find the Fundamental Theory of Physics

Ever since it was first formulated a century and a half ago, the Second Law of thermodynamics (or "law of entropy increase") has had an air of mystery about it. Why is it true? Is it even always true? In this book, Stephen Wolfram builds on recent breakthroughs in the foundations of physics to finally provide a resolution to the mystery of the Second Law, elegantly showing how it emerges as a general feature of processes that can be described computationally, as well as their interplay with our computational characteristics as observers. For Wolfram, the effort to understand the Second Law has been a 50-year quest, beginning when he was 12 years old. In the book, Wolfram tells the story of this quest as well as traces the whole remarkable history of the Second Law. Written with great clarity and richly illustrated with both striking modern diagrams and extensive historical material, the book will be of interest to anyone who wants to understand the foundations and origins of one of the most important and widely applied principles of modern science.

Resolving the Mystery of the Second Law of Thermodynamics

The Second Law

Total eclipses of the Sun are rare and dramatic-and on April 8, 2024, one will cross the US. But when exactly will it happen? In this short but richly illustrated book, prominent scientist and computation pioneer Stephen Wolfram tells the triumphant and hard-won story-spanning more than two thousand years-of how science, mathematics and computation have brought us to the point where we can now predict the time of the eclipse to within one second. Learn how the problem of eclipses brought us some of the earliest exact science, the first known computer, contributions from many of the all-time greats of mathematics and physics, and critical technology for the space program. See how all this provides a clear, modern understanding of a phenomenon that has surprised and amazed throughout human history.

A Multimillennium Tale of Computation

Predicting the Eclipse

Notes from the Book

New Kind of Science

"Total eclipses of the Sun are rare and dramatic-and on April 8, 2024, one will cross the US. But when exactly will it happen? In this short but richly illustrated book, prominent scientist and computation pioneer Stephen Wolfram tells the triumphant and hard-won story-spanning more than two thousand years-of how science, mathematics and computation have brought us to the point where we can now predict the time of the eclipse to within one second. Learn how the problem of eclipses brought us some of the earliest exact science, the first known computer, contributions from many of the all-time greats of mathematics and physics, and critical technology for the space program. See how all this provides a clear, modern understanding of a phenomenon that has surprised and amazed throughout human history"--

A Multimillennial Tale of Computation

Mathematica has defined the state of the art in technical computing for nearly a decade, and has become a standard in many of the world's leading companies and universities. From simple calculator operations to large-scale programming and interactive document preparation, Mathematica is the tool of choice at the frontiers of scientific research, in engineering analysis and modeling, in technical education from high school to graduate school, and wherever quantitative methods are used.

The Mathematica Book

Wolfram Research (Firm).

Getting Started with Mathematica 5.1

Wolfram Research

Just out, the long-waited Release 2.0 of Mathematica. This new edition of the complete reference was released simultaneously and covers all the new features of Release 2.0. Includes a comprehensive review of the increased functionality of the program. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

A System for Doing Mathematics by Computer

Mathematica

Adapted from Stephen Wolfram's definitive work Mathematica: A System for Doing Mathematics by Computer, 2nd Ed., this is the beginning student's ideal road map and guidebook to Mathematica. This adaptation addresses the student's need for more concise and accessible information. Beck has trimmed to book to half its original size, focusing on the functions and topics likely to be encountered by students.

The Student Book

This authoritative reference guide for Mathematica, Version 2 is designed for convenient reference while users work with the Mathematica program. Mathematicians, scientists, engineers, and programmers using Mathematica will find the reference easy to handle, easy to carry, and packed with essential information.

Mathematica Reference Guide

Wolfram Research (Firm)

Mathematics of Computing -- Mathematical Software.

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