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Stephen Wolfram

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Stephen Wolfram is a British-American computer scientist, physicist and businessman who works in computer algebra and theoretical physics; he was named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2012. As a businessman, Wolfram is the founder and CEO of the software company Wolfram Research, where he works as chief designer of the Mathematica computation system and the Wolfram Alpha answer engine. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth Year
1959 1
Birth Date
1959-08-29 2
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1. Stephen Wolfram (Wikidata)
  • P569 (date of birth): year 1959
    1959
  • Wikidata P166: Friedrich L. Bauer Prize
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Friedrich L. Bauer Prize.
  • Wikidata P166: MacArthur Fellows Program
    Wikidata P166 (award received): MacArthur Fellows Program.
  • Wikidata P166: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
  • Wikidata P166: Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
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2. Wikipedia: Stephen Wolfram
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born 29 August 1959
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