He could come up with concepts, but executing calculations was hard. By 12, he’d written a dictionary on physics, by his early teens he’d churned out three (as yet unpublished) books, and by 15 he was publishing scientific papers.ĭespite his wunderkind science abilities, math was a constant stumbling block. Growing up, Wolfram’s obsession was physics. Indeed, the inspiration for Wolfram|Alpha, which he released in 2009, started with Wolfram’s own struggles as a math student. Stephen Wolfram, the mind behind Wolfram|Alpha, can’t do long division and didn’t learn his times tables until he’d hit 40. They say that Wolfram|Alpha is the future. What some call cheating, others have heralded as a massive step forward in how we learn, what we teach, and what education is even good for. Though Wolfram|Alpha was designed to be an educational asset - a way to explore an equation from within- academia has found itself at a loss over how to respond.
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