Tag: Stephen Wolfram

  • Stephen Wolfram: Hunting for the Universe’s ‘Machine Code’

    Stephen Wolfram: Hunting for the Universe’s ‘Machine Code’

    Sitting in the former study of 19th-century scientific giant Michael Faraday, Stephen Wolfram is contemplating a revolution. The physicist and computer scientist, known for his work in cellular automata and the creation of Mathematica, has spent decades hunting for a fundamental theory of physics—a “machine code” of the universe. In a recent wide-ranging interview with New…