Podcast Episodes

Stephen Wolfram Q&A, Physics & Astronomy: Episode 2

Stephen Wolfram answers audience questions about physics and astronomy as part of an ongoing livestream Q&A series for kids (and others).

Questions include: Is it possible to communicate with worlds …

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

Stephen Wolfram Q&A, Physics & Astronomy: Episode 1

Episode 1

Stephen Wolfram answers audience questions about physics and astronomy as part of an ongoing livestream Q&A series for kids (and others).

Questions include: How do windmills generate energy? - Why ca…

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

How We Got Here: The Backstory of the Wolfram Physics Project-Part 3

Episode 3

In this third episode in a 3-part series, Stephen Wolfram details the backstory of the Wolfram Physics Project.

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

How We Got Here: The Backstory of the Wolfram Physics Project-Part 2

Episode 2

In this second episode in a 3-part series, Stephen Wolfram details the backstory of the Wolfram Physics Project.

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

How We Got Here: The Backstory of the Wolfram Physics Project-Part 1

Episode 1

In this first episode in a 3-part series, Stephen Wolfram details the backstory of the Wolfram Physics Project.

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Informal History of Physics

Stephen Wolfram gives a brief history of physics from Aristotle to Newton to Einstein and beyond---including simple conceptual explanations, historical footnotes and a few ideas about the future of t…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Stephen Wolfram's Birthday AMA

In this episode, Stephen Wolfram, founder and CEO of Wolfram Research and creator of Wolfram|Alpha, celebrates his 60th Birthday by addressing the "what's next" question followed by an AMA.

Published on 6 years ago

Learning about the Future from '2001: A Space Odyssey,' Fifty Years Later

Stephen Wolfram revisits the film '2001: A Space Odyssey' fifty years since its release. Stephen takes a look at what the movie got right about technology, space travel, and AI based on his blog post…

Published on 6 years ago

A Book from Alan Turing... and a Mysterious Piece of Paper

In this episode, Stephen reads from a recent essay about receiving a book Alan Turing owned and the journey it sent him on.

Published on 6 years ago

A Very Brief History of Mathematics

Join a lecture with Stephen Wolfram as he gives a thumbnail sketch of the history of mathematics live from the Wolfram Summer School 2019. 

Published on 6 years, 4 months ago