Stephen Wolfram

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Computational Foundations for the Second Law of Thermodynamics (forthcoming) 2. But it wasn’t long before I started hearing mentions that somewhere at the school there was a computer. I’d seen a computer in real life only once—when I was 10 years old, and from a distance. How Did We Get Here?

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Futurum

AUGUST 16, 2023

And yet, many small farmers have limited access to resources and find themselves at a social disadvantage due to bias and prejudice. With less access to technology and fertiliser, small farms are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

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Stephen Wolfram

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

But in a quirk of history that I now realize had tremendous significance, I had just spent a couple of years creating a big computer system that was ultimately a direct forerunner of our modern Wolfram Language. So for me it was obvious: if I couldn’t figure out things myself with math, I should use a computer. Computation theory.

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STEM Sport

DECEMBER 12, 2023

To foster this critical ability, here are five DIY coding activities that creatively teach coding concepts without the need for a computer: Binary Code Bracelets: Create bracelets with beads in two colors to represent names coded in binary. It’s an engaging way to connect the abstract world of coding with a tangible, creative project.

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Stephen Wolfram

MAY 25, 2021

And in it this computation is going on: &#10005. Let’s change the rule for the computation a bit. But that ignores the phenomenon of computational irreducibility. But it’s a fundamental fact of the computational universe that the result doesn’t have to be simple: &#10005. Imagine you have some sophisticated AI.

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Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 31, 2023

Computational Foundations for the Second Law of Thermodynamics (forthcoming) 2. And indeed particularly in chemistry and engineering it’s often been in the background, justifying all the computations routinely done using entropy. This is part 3 in a 3-part series about the Second Law: 1. How Did We Get Here?

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Educators Technology

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Science museums from all around the world capture and document this knowledge allowing anyone interested in learning about science, to access this wealth of knowledge and learn about major achievements and milestones that got us where we are today. The Museum of Natural Sciences contains several galleries and sections.

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Futurum

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Scientific simulations — an advanced type of computational model that not only represents a real-world phenomenon, but aims to predict how the phenomenon might change under different conditions or parameters. Software — a set of instructions, scripts or programmes that are used to operate computers and perform specific tasks.

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Futurum

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Published: Access to quality healthcare is a basic human right. Dr Narges Armanfard from McGill University and Mila Quebec AI Institute in Montreal, Canada, has set up iSMART Lab to develop intelligent computer systems that can support medical professionals. How can intelligent systems revolutionise healthcare?

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Futurum

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Projects like 15th Street Farm NEP can help towards tackling food security by providing knowledge, skills and agency to young people so that they will have a role in developing a food system where nutritionally adequate, safe and socially acceptable food is available and accessible. Take a look at GrowVeg.

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Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 9, 2025

So is that basically inevitablesay as a consequence of computational irreducibility ? Or maybe, at least, theres some way of building out a higher-level mathematical narrative for a theorem like this that will take one through the proof in human-accessible steps. But what about something more like a theory in natural science?

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Futurum

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Collaboration “Unlike in natural sciences, teams of collaborators are usually smaller in political science,” says Damien. Additionally, the rise of the computer age has created big opportunities for political science. Damien says that working in teams is more fun and more motivating, and André agrees.

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