Wolfram Research, probably most known for their Mathematica calculation product, has launched an online service which makes various calculations and visualizations for free, and with just a web browser:
This project makes me really respect Wolfram. I spent quite some time browsing the examples, almost exclusively from the “mathematics” part, picking like a shy visitor at other areas. Some of my online friends write that “knowledge becomes less of a fashion in our times”. I do not agree a bit. Just look at this product.
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Read his “A New Kind of Science” and all the stories surrounding it, if you’ve got too much respect for him.
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konstantin Reply:
May 19th, 2009 at 13:18
If you provide a specific link, there will be more chances that I in fact read it
[update:] Do you mean http://www.wolframscience.com/nksonline ? Hm, reading 800+ pages is something I have not done since long time :-\
[update:] But no matter what is written in this book – my expression of respect was to the cool site. I’m not familiar with other things Stephen Wolfram did, and do not mean that I automatically respect him in advance for anything else he has done
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If you provide a specific link, there will be more chances that I in fact read it
[update:] Do you mean http://www.wolframscience.com/nksonline ? Hm, reading 800+ pages is something I have not done since long time :-\
[update:] But no matter what is written in this book – my expression of respect was to the cool site. I’m not familiar with other things Stephen Wolfram did, and do not mean that I automatically respect him in advance for anything else he has done
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