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Stephen Wolfram: Physicist and Youngest MacArthur Award Winner

Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People

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The History of Mathematica

The original name for mathematica was omega. So overthe se of many years, we went from omega to alpha. It turned out that was ome think there was a pretty good deal on both sides. Bunch f people bought next because of that. But in terms of the naming of products, you know, i had thought of the name mathematica, but i thought it was too long, too ponderous,. And i had this whole list of other names. What's kind of funny, as all these names have actually been used as productsthe intervening years em.

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