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British-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, writer and businessman (born 1959)
Stephen Wolfram
Wolfram in 2008
Born
(1959-08-29) 29 August 1959 (age 64)
London, England
Nationality
British, American
Education
Dragon School[5] Eton College
Alma mater
St. John's College, Oxford (no degree)
California Institute of Technology (PhD, 19 November 1979)
Known for
Mathematica
Wolfram Alpha
A New Kind of Science[4]
Wolfram Language
Awards
MacArthur Fellowship (1981)
Scientific career
Fields
Mathematics[1]
Physics
Computing
Cellular automata
Institutions
Wolfram Research
Thinking Machines Corporation[2]
California Institute of Technology
Institute for Advanced Study
University of Illinois at Urbana– Champaign
Thesis
Some Topics in Theoretical High-Energy Physics(1980)
Doctoral advisor
Richard D. Field[3]
Website
www.stephenwolfram.com
twitter.com/stephen_wolfram
Stephen Wolfram (/ˈwʊlfrəm/WUUL-frəm; born 29 August 1959) is a British-American[6] computer scientist, physicist, and businessman. He is known for his work in computer algebra, and theoretical physics.[7][8] In 2012, he was named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[9]
As a businessman, he is the founder and CEO of the software company Wolfram Research where he works as chief designer of Mathematica and the Wolfram Alpha answer engine.
^Wolfram, S. (2013). "Computer algebra". Proceedings of the 38th international symposium on International symposium on symbolic and algebraic computation – ISSAC '13. pp. 7–8. doi:10.1145/2465506.2465930. ISBN 9781450320597. S2CID 37099593.
^Stephen Wolfram's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
^Wolfram, Stephen (1980). Some topics in theoretical high-energy physics. Caltech Library (phd). California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
^Cite error: The named reference bio was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^My Life in Technology—As Told at the Computer History Museum
^"Biographical Facts for Stephen Wolfram". www.stephenwolfram.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
^"Stephen Wolfram". Wolfram Alpha. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
^"Stephen Wolfram: 'I am an information pack rat'". New Scientist. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
^List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 1 September 2013.
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