Mathematica is a technical computing system created by Stephen Wolfram and sold by his company, Wolfram Research. It combines symbolic algebra, numerical calculation, graphics and a programming language, and was one of the first widely used programs to allow computers to manipulate formulas the way a mathematician would. It organises work in interactive notebooks that mix text, code and output. It has been used in science, engineering, education and finance, and it later became the core of the Wolfram Language and of the Wolfram Alpha answer engine. Its release helped to bring computer algebra from specialist research into everyday use.
Before and after
- from 20 February 1988 to 16 May 1994First Nagorno-Karabakh War
- from 27 February 1988 to 1 March 1988Sumgait pogrom
- 13 March 1988Construction of Seikan Tunnel
- 5 May 1988Birth of Adele
- 23 June 1988Creation of Mathematica
- 23 June 1988James Hansen tells the US Senate that global warming has begun
- 3 July 1988Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown
- from 16 August 1988 to 18 August 1988Gladbeck hostage crisis
- 21 August 1988Birth of Robert Lewandowski
More in Science & technology
- 1949Discovery of berkelium
- December 1952Discovery of fermium
- 1958Discovery of nobelium
- c. 1980sInvention of laptop
- 9 November 1994Discovery of darmstadtium
- 8 December 1994Discovery of roentgenium
The era
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