Stephen Wolfram

Idea Makers (eBook, ePUB)

Personal Perspectives on the Lives & Ideas of Some Notable People

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

From his recollections about working with Richard Feynman to his insights about how Alan Turing's work has unleashed generations of innovation to the true role of Ada Lovelace in the history of computing, Wolfram takes the reader into the minds and lives of great thinkers and creators of the past few centuries-and shows how great achievements can arise from dramatically different personalities and life trajectories.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wolfram Media
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781579550110
• Artikelnr.: 73194846

Autorenporträt

Stephen Wolfram was born in London and educated at Eton, Oxford, and Caltech. He received his PhD in theoretical physics in 1979 at the age of 20, and in the early 1980s made a series of discoveries that launched the field of complex systems research. Starting in 1986, he created Mathematica, the primary software system now used for technical computing worldwide, and the tool that made "A New Kind of Science" possible. Wolfram is the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research, Inc.--the world's leading technical software company. He is also the creator of the WolframAlpha computational knowledge engine, launched in 2009.