Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 31, 2023

But he continued to write physics papers, which ranged over many different areas, occasionally touching thermodynamics, though most often in the service of answering a “general science” question—like how old the Sun is (he estimated 32,000 years from thermodynamic arguments, though of course without knowledge of nuclear reactions).

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Stephen Wolfram

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

This is the first of a series of pieces I’m planning in connection with the upcoming 20th anniversary of the publication of A New Kind of Science. “There’s a Whole New Field to Build…” For me the story began nearly 50 years ago —with what I saw as a great and fundamental mystery of science.

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Stephen Wolfram

AUGUST 22, 2023

It didn’t help that his knowledge of physics was at best spotty (and, for example, I don’t think he ever really learned calculus). I first met Ed in 1982—on an island in the Caribbean he had bought with money from taking public a tech company he’d founded. Even after Ed left active management of III, he was still its chairman.

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