Stephen Wolfram

Adapted from Stephen Wolfram's definitive work Mathematica: A System for Doing Mathematics by Computer, 2nd Ed., this is the beginning student's ideal road map and guidebook to Mathematica. This adaptation addresses the student's need for more concise and accessible information. Beck has trimmed to book to half its …

A New Kind of Science is a best-selling, controversial book by Stephen Wolfram, published in 2002. It contains an empirical and systematic study of computational systems such as cellular automata. Wolfram calls these systems simple programs and argues that the scientific philosophy and methods appropriate for the …