Stories by Stephen Wolfram

Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha and the Wolfram Language ; the author of A New Kind of Science; and the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research. Over the course of nearly four decades, he has been a pioneer in the development and application of computational thinking, and has been responsible for many discoveries, inventions and innovations in science, technology and business.

Behavior & Society

A Few Thoughts about Deepfakes

The real way to combat them is with blockchain technology

June 27, 2019 — Stephen Wolfram

Physics

Remembering Murray Gell-Mann

His far-reaching intellect and idiosyncratic personality ensured that interacting him was an exercise in complexity

June 6, 2019 — Stephen Wolfram

Computing

A World Run with Code

Rethinking computation casts light on free will, intelligence and more

May 22, 2019 — Stephen Wolfram

Computing

Did Stephen Wolfram's Knowledge Engine Just Become a Quantum Neural Blockchain AI?

Today's leading buzzwords seem to describe very separate concepts, but it turns out that they have some amazing commonalities

April 1, 2018 — Stephen Wolfram

Evolution

Are All Fish the Same Shape If You Stretch Them?

D'Arcy Thompson and the Victorian tale of his magnum opus On Growth and Form

October 25, 2017 — Stephen Wolfram

Tech

Computer Software in Science and Mathematics

Computation offers a new means of describing and investigating scientific and mathematical systems. Simulation by computer may be the only way to predict how certain complicated systems evolve...

September 1, 1984 — Stephen Wolfram