Idea Makers
Idea Makers
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Idea Makers by Stephen Wolfram
This book of thoroughly engaging essays from one of today's most prodigious innovators provides a uniquely personal perspective on the lives and achievements of a selection of intriguing figures from the history of science and technology. Weaving together his immersive interest in people and history with insights gathered from his own experiences, Stephen Wolfram gives an ennobling look at some of the individuals whose ideas and creations have helped shape our world today. Contents includes biographical sketches of: Richard Feynman Kurt Godel Alan Turing John von Neumann George Boole Ada Lovelace Gottfried Leibniz Benoit Mandelbrot Steve Jobs Marvin Minsky Russell Towle Bertrand Russell Alfred Whitehead Richard Crandall Srinivasa Ramanujan Solomon GolombStephen Wolfram was born in 1959 in the United Kingdom. He was schooled at Eton and Oxford, and at the age of twenty, he got his PhD in theoretical physics from Caltech. Wolfram received one of the first MacArthur prizes for his early work in particle physics, cosmology, and computer science. In 1981, Wolfram started working on the topic of complexity. Wolfram launched the first research center and the first journal devoted to the study of complexity after writing the series of papers included in this book.
He then founded Wolfram Research, Inc. in 1986 and began developing Mathematica. Mathematica, which was first released in 1988, has since become the industry standard software system for technical computation, with scientists, engineers, students, and others using it all around the world. Wolfram has won numerous accolades in the fields of science and business. He now splits his time between basic research and company leadership.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781579550035 |
| ISBN 10 | 1579550037 |
| Title | Idea Makers |
| Author | Stephen Wolfram |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Wolfram Media Inc |
| Year published | 2016-07-07 |
| Number of pages | 250 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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