- Wolfram Research
Infobox Company
name = Wolfram Research, Inc.
type = Scientific & Technical Computing Software
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foundation = 1987
founder =Stephen Wolfram
location_city =Champaign, Illinois (worldwide headquarters);Oxfordshire , UK (European headquarters);Tokyo, Japan (Asian headquarters); with additional locations inCambridge, Massachusetts ; &Paris, France .|location_country =
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origins = Originates in ideas developed by Stephen Wolfram while a MacArthur Fellow in the early 1980s.
key_people = President,Stephen Wolfram
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industry =Computer software ,Publishing ,Research and Development
products = "Mathematica ", Wolfram "Workbench", grid"Mathematica", web"Mathematica"
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num_employees = 300+
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divisions = Wolfram Media Inc., Wolfram Research Europe Ltd. in the United Kingdom and Wolfram Research Asia Ltd. in Japan.
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owner = Privately held
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homepage = [http://www.wolfram.com www.wolfram.com]
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footnotes =Wolfram Research is an international company that summarizes its aim as "Pushing the Envelope of Technical Computing". The main product of Wolfram Research is "
Mathematica ", an environment for technical computing. The founder and CEO of Wolfram Research isStephen Wolfram , scientist and author, who maintains close involvement with the development of "Mathematica".Software
The primary software product of Wolfram Research is the program "
Mathematica ", which has, as of May 2007, undergone an upgrade with version 6 that the company describes as "the most important upgrade in the application’s 20-year history." [ [http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/05/02/mathematica/index.php "Mathematica" 6 emerges 'reinvented'] by Peter Cohen, MacWorld, May 2, 2007.] Other products include Wolfram "Workbench", grid"Mathematica", and web"Mathematica".Publishing
Wolfram Research publishes the "Mathematica" journal and has published several books via Wolfram Media, Wolfram's publishing arm [ [http://www.publishersweekly.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleId=CA224454&display=searchResults Stephen Wolfram's A New Kind of Science sets a new standard in more ways than one] by Charlotte Abbott, "Publishers Weekly", 6/24/2002] .
Public services
In addition to its commercial products, Wolfram Research publishes several, free of charge, public servicesincluding the
MathWorld andScienceWorld encyclopedia sites.Consulting
Wolfram Research served as the mathematical consultant for the CBS television series "
Numb3rs ", a show about the mathematical applications of crime-solving.See also
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A New Kind of Science
*Eric W. Weisstein
*Ed Pegg, Jr. References
External links
* [http://www.wolfram.com Wolfram Research] , corporate website
* [http://www.hoovers.com/wolfram-research/--ID__105305--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml Hoovers Fact Sheet] on Wolfram Research, Inc.
* [http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/trott/index.html Michael Trott: The Science and Art of Mathematica] by Tim McIntyre, Science, Apple.com, 2007.
* [http://numb3rs.wolfram.com/ The Mathematics Behind NUMB3RS] , Wolfram's site on NUMB3RS mathematics.
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0717FA385A0C738FDDA90994D0484D81 Supercomputer Pictures Solve the Once Insoluble] , John Markoff, The New York Times, October 30, 1988
* [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB843607633556607500.html?mod=googlewsj Meet an Inventor Whose Product Makes Complex Calculus Simple] by Gautam Naik, The Wall Street Journal, September 25, 1996
* [http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2002/tc20020516_7010.htm Stephen Wolfram's Simple Science] by Michael Arndt, Business Week, May 17, 2002.
* [http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=17921 Wolfram releases 'revolutionary' Mathematica 6: Mathematica 6 developer promises a 'revolution in computing'] by Jonny Evans, MacWorld, May 2, 2007.
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