The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

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A Very Brief History of Mathematics Aug 07, 2019

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Join a lecture with Stephen Wolfram as he gives a thumbnail sketch of the history of mathematics live from the Wolfram Summer School 2019.

What We've Built Is a Computational Language (and That's Very Important!) Jun 05, 2019

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Stephen Wolfram reads a recent essay, "What We've Built Is a Computational Language (and That's Very Important!)" and explains how he's built the Wolfram Language as a way to communicate computational ideas. Read the essay: https://wolfr.am/Drl0JCmF

A World Run with Code May 31, 2019

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A version of a recent talk Stephen Wolfram gave at a blockchain conference, where he said he'd talk about "What will the world be like when computational intelligence and computational contracts are ubiquitous?" Read the written version: wolfr.am/DgM8rMy8

Seeking the Productive Life: Some Details of My Personal Infrastructure Mar 08, 2019

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Stephen Wolfram details the tech infrastructure he has created to make himself a productive scientist, CEO, and language designer. Read more here: wolfr.am/BVcUHXdF

Revisiting a New Kind of Science—Part 2 Dec 20, 2018

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In this two-part podcast, join Stephen Wolfram as he revisits his magnum opus A New Kind of Science—examining its implications for modern machine learning, neural networks, the fundamental theory of physics, and mining the computational universe. Learn more at https://wolframscience.com

Revisiting A New Kind of Science—Part 1 Dec 20, 2018

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30+ Years in the Making—Discussing the Creation of Mathematica & the Computational Notebook—Part 3 Jun 14, 2018

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Part 3—How Wolfram Notebooks have evolved. In this final part of a three-part series, Stephen and Theo talk about developing the functions Dynamic and Manipulate, symbolic expressions, and how Theo uses Wolfram Notebooks in his day-to-day projects.

30+ Years in the Making—Discussing the Creation of Mathematica & the Computational Notebook—Part 2 Jun 13, 2018

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Join a conversation with Stephen Wolfram and Theodore Gray as they remember inventing the Wolfram Notebook, developing and launching Mathematica 1.0, and what came next in their decades-long journeys in software design, the business of technology, and creating lasting products that changed the way people think about and do computation.

30+ Years in the Making—Discussing the Creation of Mathematica & the Computational Notebook—Part 1 Jun 12, 2018

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Part 1—Developing Mathematica and the Wolfram Notebook. In this first part of a three-part series, Stephen and Theo reminisce on early names for Mathematica, advice on notebooks from Steve Jobs, and the origins of the Wolfram Spikey logo in an informal conversation.

Remembering Richard Feynman May 10, 2018

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Stephen Wolfram remembers his time spent with Richard Feynman on what would have been his 100th birthday. Based on a chapter in his book 'Idea Makers,' Stephen recalls personal interactions, anecdotes and correspondence with Feynman. You can read Stephen's blog post about it here: https://wolfr.am/ux6o86m5

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