The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

History of Science and Technology Q&A (September 22, 2021)

Sep 9, 2022
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
Is There a Speakable Version of Wolfn Language?
02:33 • 4min
3
Optimized Keyboards
06:53 • 2min
4
Is There a Need for Soft Keyboards?
09:07 • 2min
5
The Idea of Moving Type
11:26 • 3min
6
The Idea of Photolithography in Antiquarian Books
14:29 • 4min
7
Offset Printing and Lithography
18:02 • 3min
8
Colour Printing
20:55 • 4min
9
The Development of the Printing Press
24:26 • 5min
10
Director Plate Printing, a Lase Director Plate Printing
29:36 • 2min
11
The Bug in Postscript
31:59 • 2min
12
The Nk S Book, a Book That Was Being Printed in Upstate New York
34:06 • 3min
13
Do You Think Dick Fiman Would Have Made It as a Stand Up Comedian?
36:55 • 4min
14
The Erudite
40:28 • 3min
15
Is There a Difference Between Science and Technology?
43:42 • 5min
16
Is the Toring Machine Model So Dominant to Day?
48:26 • 2min
17
Combinators, the Last Idea of Schonfinkle's, of Removing All Mention of Variables
50:43 • 2min
18
What Is Recursion?
52:39 • 3min
19
Can We Take Mathematics as Mathematicians Practice It?
55:44 • 3min
20
Andan and the Decision Problem
58:41 • 2min
21
Is the Universe Computational All the Way Down?
01:00:32 • 5min
22
Turring Machines - It Has This Universality Property
01:05:17 • 6min
23
Galileo and Newton - The Real Dilemma
01:10:55 • 2min
24
The Importance of Consciousness in Philosophy
01:12:52 • 2min
25
Is There a Distinguishing Tradition in Science Discovery?
01:15:05 • 5min
26
Are the Babylonians Really the Big Ones?
01:19:56 • 2min
27
Did Panini Really Invent a Grammar for Sanscrit?
01:22:06 • 5min
28
Is There a Paradime for Thinking About Stuff?
01:27:11 • 2min