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Rates of Reaction for Beginners-Chemistry

MooMoo Math & Science

In order for a chemical reaction to occur, there must be enough energy to break the bonds that hold the particles together in a molecule. Enzyme inhibitor: In chemistry and biology, an enzyme inhibitor binds to an enzyme, lessening its activity. Some enzymes in your body are catalysts and speed up chemical reactions.

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How Did We Get Here? The Tangled History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Stephen Wolfram

And indeed particularly in chemistry and engineering it’s often been in the background, justifying all the computations routinely done using entropy. This is part 3 in a 3-part series about the Second Law: 1. Computational Foundations for the Second Law of Thermodynamics (forthcoming) 2. How Did We Get Here?

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The Story Continues: Announcing Version 14 of Wolfram Language and Mathematica

Stephen Wolfram

Version 14.0 of Wolfram Language and Mathematica is available immediately both on the desktop and in the cloud. See also more detailed information on Version 13.1 , Version 13.2 and Version 13.3. of Wolfram Language and Mathematica. Over the two years since we released Version 13.0 1 releases every six months. there are 6602.

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Remembering the Improbable Life of Ed Fredkin (1934–2023) and His World of Ideas and Stories

Stephen Wolfram

Programmer of the Universe “OK, so let me tell you…” And so it would begin. A long and colorful story. An elaborate description of a wild idea. In the forty years I knew Ed Fredkin I heard countless wild ideas and colorful stories from him. He always radiated a certain adventurous joy—together with supreme, almost-childlike confidence.

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Computational Foundations for the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Stephen Wolfram

This is part 1 in a 3-part series about the Second Law: 1. Computational Foundations for the Second Law of Thermodynamics 2. A 50-Year Quest: My Personal Journey with the Second Law of Thermodynamics 3. How Did We Get Here? The Tangled History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics The Mystery of the Second Law Entropy increases.