Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 31, 2023

But in 1798 Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford) (1753–1814) measured the heat produced by the mechanical process of boring a cannon, and began to make the argument that, in contradiction to the caloric theory, there was actually some kind of correspondence between mechanical energy and amount of heat.

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Stephen Wolfram

MARCH 5, 2024

of what’s now Wolfram Language —we were trying to develop algorithms to compute hundreds of mathematical special functions over very broad ranges of arguments. Back in 1987—as part of building Version 1.0 In the past, people had painstakingly computed series approximations for specific cases. So might AI change that?

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Stephen Wolfram

AUGUST 22, 2023

Richard Feynman and I would get into very fierce arguments. He relishes calling his parents dopes, but aside from arguments about subjects like how late he should be able to hang out with his buddies, its clear that he doesn’t think we’re dopes. It’s just my nature. Some glide through that period of life without hassle.

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