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History of Science & Technology Q&A (October 1, 2025)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

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Combinators and String Rewriting: Schoenfinkel and Post

Stephen covers Schoenfinkel's S and K combinators and Emil Post's string-rewriting systems as computational precursors.

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