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Modelling and simulation

Modelling and simulation

Exploring the computational universe with Stephen Wolfram

04 Nov 2019 Margaret Harris
This article first appeared in the 2019 Physics World Focus on Computing under the title "Inside the computational universe"

Stephen Wolfram – the physicist who created Mathematica – reflects on how this computational tool has changed in 30 years, and on the practical and conceptual role that computational thinking plays in physics

Stephen Wolfram created Mathematica so that physicists – himself included – could compute things for themselves.
Power to the people Stephen Wolfram created Mathematica so that physicists – himself included – could compute things for themselves. (Courtesy: Wolfram Research, Inc.)
Why did you create Mathematica? Because I wanted to use it myself. I was interested in physics from

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