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).
Maydm
JUNE 11, 2021
As a high school student, Winnie had a passion for both math and the social sciences. Her teachers pushed her into the “easier” path of social sciences rather than encourage her interest in STEM subjects. And throughout my sort of high school experience, I’d been, you know, passionate about social sciences.
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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.
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.
Computing Education Research Blog
NOVEMBER 26, 2021
My activities in computing education these days are organized around two main projects: Defining computing education for undergraduates in the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and Arts (see earlier blog post referencing this effort ); Participatory design of Teaspoon languages (mentioned most recently in this blog post ).
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