Wisconsin Science and STEM Education

AUGUST 22, 2016

I created the three-dimensional rubric below in an attempt to help get the ball rolling. I have honestly not yet seen a rubric where the creator claims it is three-dimensional. I’m not sure I’m there yet, so critique away! Importantly, column three represents where a proficient student should be, while four provides ideas for more advanced studies.

Chemistry 52

Chemistry Science Sciences Biology 52

Stephen Wolfram

MARCH 5, 2024

So what about science? But despite all our efforts, there are still all sorts of scientific questions that remain. But that certainly doesn’t mean AI can’t importantly help the progress of science. But that certainly doesn’t mean AI can’t importantly help the progress of science. So how does AI stack up?

Science 123

Science Sciences Computer Mathematics 123

Stephen Wolfram

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This is part 2 in a 3-part series about the Second Law: 1. Computational Foundations for the Second Law of Thermodynamics (forthcoming) 2. A 50-Year Quest: My Personal Journey with the Second Law of Thermodynamics 3. How Did We Get Here? There were several shelves of physics books at the local bookstore. Then the third. The second. The fourth.

Physics 94

Physics Computer Mathematics Science 94

Stephen Wolfram

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

More precisely, as I’ll explain, it’s adding a “token”, which could be just a part of a word, which is why it can sometimes “make up new words” ) But, OK, at each step it gets a list of words with probabilities. But how does it do it? And why does it work? ”—and each time adding a word.

Computer 145

Computer Architecture Mathematics Construction 145

Futurum

MARCH 21, 2023

How to engineer a microbe Synthetic biology makes use of the rapidly progressing science of genetic engineering, which involves changing an organism’s genes so that it will express different proteins. This ability opens up a virtually infinite array of possibilities that have the potential to save our environment and millions of lives.

Biology 73

Biology Research Research Engineering 73

Stephen Wolfram

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The Second Law of thermodynamics is considered one of the great general principles of physical science. The Second Law of thermodynamics is considered one of the great general principles of physical science. This is part 1 in a 3-part series about the Second Law: 1. Computational Foundations for the Second Law of Thermodynamics 2.

Computer 92

Computer Energy Physics Construction 92

Stephen Wolfram

AUGUST 22, 2023

Ed was someone who wanted to independently figure things out for himself, and delighted in presenting his often somewhat-outlandish conclusions—whether about technology, science, business or the world—with dramatic showman-like panache. Programmer of the Universe “OK, so let me tell you…” And so it would begin.

Computer 67

Computer Physics Science Sciences 67

Stephen Wolfram

MARCH 15, 2023

My goal here is to explore some of the science, technology—and philosophy—of what we can expect from AIs. My goal here is to explore some of the science, technology—and philosophy—of what we can expect from AIs. The Shock of ChatGPT Just a few months ago writing an original essay seemed like something only a human could do.

Computer 105

Computer Biology Mathematics Economics 105

Stephen Wolfram

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

It’s yet another surprising construct that’s arisen from our Physics Project. And it’s one that I think has extremely deep implications—both in science and beyond. And it’s one that I think has extremely deep implications—both in science and beyond. At each step, the rules are applied in all possible ways to each state.

Physics 122

Physics Mathematics Computer Construction 122

Stephen Wolfram

JUNE 16, 2022

But as I thought about it, I realized that beyond the “absurdly extreme moonshot” character of this pitch, there’s some science that I’ve done that makes it clear that it’s also fundamentally philosophically confused. The Nature of Alien Intelligence. Let’s start with a scenario. The spacecraft sends out a probe to “make contact”.

Technology 109

Technology Physics Computer Communications 109

Stephen Wolfram

MAY 16, 2022

See also: “ A New Kind of Science : A 15-Year View ”. From the Foundations Laid by A New Kind of Science. When A New Kind of Science was published twenty years ago I thought what it had to say was important. In a sense, A New Kind of Science defines how one can use computation to think about things.

Science 63

Science Sciences Mathematics Physics 63

Stephen Wolfram

MAY 13, 2022

Figuring out more and more science. And painstakingly laying out page after page of what on May 14, 2002, would be published as A New Kind of Science. I’ve written before (even in the book itself ) about the intellectual journey involved in the creation of A New Kind of Science. Developing new kinds of computational diagrams.

Science 62

Science Sciences Computer Physics 62

Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 31, 2023

This is part 3 in a 3-part series about the Second Law: 1. Computational Foundations for the Second Law of Thermodynamics (forthcoming) 2. A 50-Year Quest: My Personal Journey with the Second Law of Thermodynamics (forthcoming) 3. How Did We Get Here?

Energy 88

Energy Physics Argumentation Mathematics 88

Stephen Wolfram

MAY 17, 2021

In preparation for a conference entitled “ Distributed Consensus with Cellular Automata & Related Systems ” that we’re organizing with NKN (= “New Kind of Network”) I decided to explore the problem of distributed consensus using methods from A New Kind of Science (yes, NKN “rhymes” with NKS) as well as from the Wolfram Physics Project.

Computer 52

Computer Achievement Mathematics Physics 52

Stephen Wolfram

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

One might have thought it was already exciting enough for our Physics Project to be showing a path to a fundamental theory of physics and a fundamental description of how our physical universe works. For three hundred years the mathematical paradigm was the state of the art in theoretical science—and immense progress was made using it.

Science 65

Science Sciences Physics Mathematics 65

Stephen Wolfram

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

One might have thought it was already exciting enough for our Physics Project to be showing a path to a fundamental theory of physics and a fundamental description of how our physical universe works. For three hundred years the mathematical paradigm was the state of the art in theoretical science—and immense progress was made using it.

Physics 64

Physics Science Sciences Mathematics 64