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- 1959: Born August 29 in London, England
- 1967-1972: Dragon School, Oxford
- 1968-1976: Won various prizes for English, science, math, etc.
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- 1972: Won scholarship to Eton College
- 1972-1976: King's Scholar, Eton College
- 1972-1973: Wrote unpublished book on particle physics
- 1973: Started programming Elliott 903C computer
- 1973: Did first scientific computer experiments
- 1974: Wrote first scientific paper
- 1975: Published first scientific paper
- 1975: Won scholarship to Oxford University
- 1976: Worked in Theory Division, Rutherford Laboratory
- 1976: Published second scientific paper
- 1976: Started using ARPANET and algebraic computation systems
- 1976-1978: Oxford University (St. John's College)
- 1977: Placed top in university examinations
- 1977: Worked in Theoretical High-Energy Physics Group, Argonne National Laboratory
- 1977: Wrote classic paper on heavy quark production in QCD
- 1978: Discovered early connections between cosmology and particle physics
- 1978: Moved to Caltech
- 1978: Invented Fox-Wolfram variables for analysis of event shapes in particle physics
- 1979: Discovered Politzer-Wolfram upper bound on masses of quarks in the Standard Model
- 1979: Published tenth scientific paper
- 1979: Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Caltech
- 1979: Began development of SMP
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- 1979-1982: Developed standard QCD approach to simulation of particle events
- 1980: Described basic phenomenon of inflationary cosmology
- 1980-1981: Carried out first complete calculation of matter-antimatter asymmetry generation
- 1981: Began work on cellular automata
- 1980-1982: Faculty member at Caltech
- 1981: First version of SMP released
- 1981: Won MacArthur Prize Fellowship
- 1981: Founded Computer Mathematics Corporation (later merged into Inference Corporation)
- 1981: Published twenty-fifth scientific paper
- 1982: Wrote landmark paper "Statistical Mechanics of Cellular Automata"
- 1982: Discovered fractal structure of binomial coefficients mod a prime
- 1981-1986: Consultant on science and technology to many organizations
- 1982: Coined the term "complex systems research"
- 1983-1986: Long-term member of Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
- 1983: Discovered Wolfram Classification of cellular automata
- 1983: Developed algebraic formalism for additive cellular automata
- 1984: Invented regular language complexity
- 1984: Discovered computational irreducibility
- 1985: Published fiftieth scientific paper
- 1985: Published "Undecidability and Intractability in Theoretical Physics"
- 1985: Published "Origins of Randomness in Physical Systems"
- 1985: Invented a cellular automaton-based system for cryptography
- 1985: Invented a cellular automaton approach to fluid dynamics
- 1986: Worked on the development of languages for massively parallel computers
- 1986: Founded the Center for Complex Systems Research
- 1986: Joined the University of Illinois as Professor of Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science
- 1986: Began development of Mathematica
- 1987: Founded the journal Complex Systems
- 1987: Founded Wolfram Research, Inc.
- 1988: Ended active position at University of Illinois
- 1988: First edition of The Mathematica Book published
- 1988: Mathematica Version 1.0 released (June 23)
- 1989: Mathematica available on more than 10 computer platforms
- 1989: 1000 technical papers cite Wolfram's 1983 cellular automaton paper
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- 1990: 100,000 users of Mathematica
- 1990: Wolfram Research reached $10M in annual revenue
- 1990: Completed second edition of The Mathematica Book
- 1990: Wolfram Research Europe founded
- 1990: Wolfram Research reached 100 employees
- 1991: Second edition of The Mathematica Book published
- 1991: Mathematica Version 2.0 released
- 1991: 38-city international lecture tour
- 1991: Began work on A New Kind of Science (NKS)
- 1991-1992: Wrote NKS Chapter 2: "The Crucial Experiment"
- 1992: Wrote NKS Chapter 3: "The World of Simple Programs"
- 1992-1993: Wrote NKS Chapter 4: "Systems Based on Numbers"
- 1992-1993: Wrote NKS Chapter 6: "Starting from Randomness"
- 1993: Wrote NKS Chapter 5: "Two Dimensions and Beyond"
- 1993: Wolfram Research reached 200 employees
- 1994: Wolfram Research Asia founded
- 1994: The Mathematica Book published in Japanese and German
- 1994: 10,000 technical papers cite Wolfram's work
- 1994: Cellular Automata and Complexity: Collected Papers published
- 1994-1995: Wrote early sections of NKS Chapter 8: "Implications for Everyday Systems"
- 1994-1995: Wrote NKS Chapter 7: "Mechanisms in Programs and Nature"
- 1995: Wolfram Media, Inc. founded
- 1995: The Mathematica Book published in French
- 1995: Over a million users of Mathematica
- 1995: Wrote NKS Chapter 11: "The Notion of Computation"
- 1995-1998, 2001: Wrote NKS Chapter 9: "Fundamental Physics"
- 1996: Complex Systems began tenth year of publication
- 1996: Third edition of The Mathematica Book published
- 1996: Mathematica Version 3.0 released
- 1997: Wrote later sections of NKS Chapter 8: "Implications for Everyday Systems"
- 1998: Ten years of Mathematica celebrated
- 1998-1999: Wrote NKS Chapter 10: "Processes of Perception and Analysis"
- 1999: Fourth edition of The Mathematica Book published
- 1999: Mathematica Version 4.0 released
- 1999-2001: Wrote NKS Chapter 12: "The Principle of Computational Equivalence"
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