Wolfram|Alpha as the first “killer app” of NKS

[Sapiens]

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Wolfram|Alpha as the first “killer app” of NKS
May 14, 2009
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Tomorrow we’ll be starting to launch Wolfram|Alpha. But today (May 14, 2009) is the seventh anniversary of the publication of Stephen Wolfram’s book A New Kind of Science.

It’s a curious—and unintentional—juxtaposition. Because in a sense NKS is the intellectual structure that’s now making Wolfram|Alpha possible. And Wolfram|Alpha is the first “killer app” of NKS.

Stephen Wolfram has written a blog today that reports on the state of NKS and explains a little bit of that connection.

http://blog.wolfram.com/2009/05/14/7...st-killer-app/

Another cool tool:

http://www.wolframtones.com/

[*T*]

Re: Wolfram|Alpha as the first “killer app” of NKS

Another cool tool:

http://www.wolframtones.com/

It's awful! There's no coherence or structure!

[Sidewinder]

Re: Wolfram|Alpha as the first “killer app” of NKS

Thanks for the heads up - been ignoring emails from Wolfram lately.

Looks like it will be a very useful tool for early adopters - even SW hints at its utility in economic analysis during the intro's first few minutes.

Thx SW

[Sapiens]

Re: Wolfram|Alpha as the first “killer app” of NKS

Looks like it will be a very useful tool for early adopters - even SW hints at its utility in economic analysis during the intro's first few minutes.

Here is the link to the intro:

http://www.wolframalpha.com/screenca...framalpha.html