• by Sophie Kleber , February 11, 2010

The idea of computation. Mathematica7 visualizes computation processes. Like simple algorithms that create structural patterns. But upon writing an algorithm that generated an arbitrary shape, Wolfram had to invent a new type of science.

One "killer app" of this is WolphramAlpha. A computation system to answer questions, changing the way of delivering computated things.

The Wolfram Demonstration Project is a free resource of visualizations of physics.

But what Steven Wolfram is really trying to do is find a hole in existing physics.