Wolfram | History of Science and Technology Q&A (September 4, 2024) @WolframResearch | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
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00:00: Start stream
1:32 SW starts talking
1:43 ​​​​When, for you, was a computational approach introduced to the scientific process or the scientific culture?
42:15 Who began the trend of naming discoveries, inventions, etc. after yourself?
48:24 Became clear? How? Pretty sure no one ever solved the three-body equation.
48:41 Commentary about naming conventions.
1:00:20 The Trojan asteroids are named after characters from the Trojan War in Greek mythology because of the convention that started with the discovery of the first few such asteroids near Jupiter. These asteroids occupy stable Lagrangian points (L4 and L5) in Jupiter's orbit, and astronomers decided to name them after heroes from the Trojan War, with those at L4 being named after Greek heroes and those at L5 named after Trojan heroes.
1:02:03 Any planned work with tungsten?
1:06:24 ​​​​Regarding naming, is there are good naming convention is computer languages?
1:07:55 What's your view of innovation in economic science? We are nearly 250 years since Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations.
1:16:31 Recall the idea of "Recapitate" instead of "Apply."
1:28:14 End stream

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