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Stephen Wolfram

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Stephen Wolfram · Technology & Engineering

What

Created Mathematica and the Wolfram Language.

When

1959, London, England, UK

Where

United Kingdom · United States

Biography

Stephen Wolfram is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Created Mathematica and the Wolfram Language.

How & why

Stephen Wolfram is a physicist, computer scientist and entrepreneur who created Mathematica and the Wolfram Language and authored 'A New Kind of Science' on computation in nature. Born in London to Jewish parents who were refugees from Nazi Germany, he built one of the most widely used systems for technical and symbolic computing.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Computer Science

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Created Mathematica and the Wolfram Language.

1959

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Computer Science