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Stephen Wolfram's book recommendations
Key facts
- Stephen Wolfram has recommended or discussed 3 books on podcasts, as of October 27, 2021.
- Stephen Wolfram has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of October 27, 2021.
- Those books came up in 2 episodes, as of October 27, 2021.
- The 2 books Stephen Wolfram has mentioned in the most episodes, not counting Stephen Wolfram's own, as of October 27, 2021: Mathematical principles of natural philosophy and Software.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Stephen Wolfram aired on October 27, 2021.
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Stephen Wolfram is a British-American computer scientist, physicist, and businessman. He works in computer algebra and theoretical physics. In 2012, he was named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. During podcast discussions, he has explored several significant scientific and literary works. Stephen discussed science fiction books by his friend Rudy Rucker, including Software, noting how the narratives were deeply informed by Wolfram's own scientific research and computational theories. Additionally, he referenced Isaac Newton's foundational text Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica while recounting the historical development of mathematical physics and the evolution of scientific thought. Through these discussions, Wolfram bridges the gap between historical breakthroughs in exact sciences and modern speculative fiction, illustrating how complex systems, theoretical principles, and computational models influence both academic inquiry and creative storytelling within the scientific community.
Books Stephen Wolfram recommended or discussed
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A new kind of science
Discussed“I've got one example great great collection of books from my friend Rudy Rooker which were uh which I have to say the uh the books about uh that are very informed by a bunch of science that I've done”
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Mathematical principles of natural philosophy
Discussed“you know you know title of Newton's book you know Pria Mathematica mathematical principles of natural philosophy”
Where to get it
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Software
Discussed“and I've got one example great great uh collection of books from my friend Rudy Rucker which were um uh which I have to say the um the books about uh that are very informed by a bunch of science that I've done and the thing that I really loved about them is you know you know in the in”
Where to get it
Books by Stephen Wolfram
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A new kind of science
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Mathematica
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The Mathematica Book
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Cellular automata and complexity
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The MATHEMATICA ® Book, Version 3
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Combinators
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| #234 – Stephen Wolfram: Complexity and the Fabric of Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast | 2021-10-27 | 2 |
| #124 – Stephen Wolfram: Fundamental Theory of Physics, Life, and the Universe | Lex Fridman Podcast | 2020-09-15 | 1 |
Other mentions (8: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I mean, it's kind of like, like, you know, I think I gave an example of that, the little book I wrote about, about ChatGPT where it's kind of like, you know, Galileo was dropping cannonballs off the different floors of the Tower of Pisa. I read the book, and one significant takeaway for me was the book's claim that”
“I published my big book new kind of science it'll be 20 years ago uh next year so in 2002 and people are saying oh no this can't possibly be true”
“um you know this new book I wrote about combinators is is full of stuff like this and and this journal complex systems has lots of papers about these kinds of things but but there isn't really a home for people who do rology or what I'm not the as you call the basic science of rules”
“you know I wrote about them back in 2002 with the new kind of Science and the cellular ainal world there's echo in the cellular aomin world”
“and anytime you you write a book called something like a new kind of science it's kind of the the pitchforks will come out for the for the old kind of science”
“and so in some vision of the future of history it's like the disembodied consciousness is are all sort of pursuing things like my new kind of science sort of for the rest of eternity so to speak”
“I produced this book called a new kind of science which has had all kinds of consequences in the world”
“and it was a you know that was a definitely a tenacity testing process to go do that for a decade basically and you know I got it finished I produced this book called a new kind of science which has had all kinds of consequences in the world”