Stephen Wolfram Quotes

A collection of quotes by Stephen Wolfram.

Stephen Wolfram is a British-American computer scientist, physicist, and entrepreneur. Born in London in 1959, he has made significant contributions to various fields including computational science, mathematics, and theoretical physics. Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica, a widely-used software system in technical and scientific computing. He is also known for his book "A New Kind of Science" which explores the computational foundations of the universe. Additionally, Wolfram is the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research, a company that develops advanced technology and provides computational solutions.

The thing that got me started on the science that I've been

The thing that got me started on the science that I've been building now for about 20 years or so was the question of okay, if mathematical equations can't make progress in understanding complex phenomena in the natural world, how might we make progress?

Stephen Wolfram

Science Progress

You kind of alluded to it in your introduction. I mean, for

You kind of alluded to it in your introduction. I mean, for the last 300 or so years, the exact sciences have been dominated by what is really a good idea, which is the idea that one can describe the natural world using mathematical equations.

Stephen Wolfram

Science

So the thing I realized rather gradually - I must say starti

So the thing I realized rather gradually - I must say starting about 20 years ago now that we know about computers and things - there's a possibility of a more general basis for rules to describe nature.

Stephen Wolfram

Computers