Stephen Wolfram
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 29 Aug 1959
- Works
- 14
Top works
- Mathematica 3.0 standard add-on packages
- Cellular automata
- Mathematica : a system for doing mathematics by computer
- Cellular automata
- Cellular automata and complexity
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Stephen Wolfram is a distinguished scientist, inventor, author, and business leader. He is the creator of Mathematica, the author of A New Kind of Science, the creator of Wolfram|Alpha, and the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research. His career has been characterized by a sequence of original and significant achievements. Born in London in 1959, Wolfram was educated at Eton, Oxford, and Caltech. He published his first scientific paper at the age of 15, and had received his PhD in theoretical physi
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5 total works indexed
- Basic local alignment search tool
· 1990 · cited 79,892x
- Convex Optimization
· 2004 · cited 40,415x
- Swin Transformer: Hierarchical Vision Transformer using Shifted Windows
· 2021 · cited 27,448x
- Adsorption of Gases in Multimolecular Layers
· 1938 · cited 24,296x
- Some Tests of Specification for Panel Data: Monte Carlo Evidence and an Application to Employment Equations
· 1991 · cited 22,802x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1959-08-29 ) 29 August 1959 (age 66) , London, England
- Citizenship
- British, American
- Education
- Dragon School Eton College St. John's College, Oxford , (no degree) California Institute of Technology , (PhD)
- Known for
- Mathematica Wolfram Alpha A New Kind of Science Wolfram Language
- Awards
- MacArthur Fellowship (1981)
- Fields
- Mathematics Physics Computing Cellular automata
- Institutions
- Wolfram Research Thinking Machines Corporation California Institute of Technology Institute for Advanced Study University of Illinois Urbana–, Champaign
- Thesis
- Some Topics in Theoretical High-Energy Physics (1980)
- Doctoral advisor
- Richard D. Field
- Website
- stephenwolfram.com
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Key dates
- Born
- 29 August 1959
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stephen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- London
- Sibling
- Conrad Wolfram
- Occupation
- podcaster
- Position held
- chief executive officer
- Educated at
- University of Oxford
- Employer
- Wolfram Research
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Stephen Wolfram (/ˈwʊlfrəm/ WUUL-frəm; born 29 August 1959) is a British-American computer scientist, physicist, and businessman. He is known for his work in computer algebra and theoretical physics. In 2012, he was named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
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