Stephen Wolfram

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

And at first I did so in the main scientific paradigm I knew : models based on mathematics and mathematical equations. From mathematics. Mathematical physics. By the late 1970s, though, there were other initiatives emerging, particularly coming from mathematics and mathematical physics. Synergetics.

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Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 31, 2023

But by the end of the 1800s, with the existence of molecules increasingly firmly established, the Second Law began to often be treated as an almost-mathematically-proven necessary law of physics. There were still mathematical loose ends, as well as issues such as its application to living systems and to systems involving gravity.

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Stephen Wolfram

MARCH 15, 2023

And indeed it increasingly seems as if the “secret” that nature uses to make the complexity it so often shows is exactly to operate according to the rules of simple programs. And indeed over the past three centuries there’s been lots of success in doing this, mainly by using mathematical equations.

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Futurum

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

However, the skills learnt from subjects such as mathematics and physics are everlasting and applicable to many different fields. I experienced collaborations between biology, engineering and social sciences with a playful attitude. Dirk’s top tip Take all the mathematics classes you can!

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Futurum

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Scientific model — a conceptual or mathematical representation of a real-world phenomenon that allows scientists to study the phenomenon in more detail. Scientists can now turn their theories into mathematical models, which can then be expressed in software as simulations.

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