History of Science and Technology Q&A (March 8, 2023)
Stephen Wolfram hosts a live and unscripted Ask Me Anything about the history of science and technology for all ages. Find the playlist of Q&A's here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa
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00:00 Start stream
00:00 SW starts talking
00:00 Please discuss the history of graph theory and network theory. What was the role of computation?
20:16 So graph theory evolved as a theory after practice, like thermodynamics and the steam engine?
21:01 Graphs as knowledge representation were popular in AI the late 60s, and more formally in theoretical CS a decade later.
29:19 Was it a big effort to integrate graphs in Wolfram Language? Is it missing some part of the recent developments?
38:16 Has anyone formulated Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory in terms of graph theory?
39:09 At what point in history did mathematics reach a level where a single individual could no longer learn all "known knowledge" at that time within their lifetime?
47:02 It seems too often amazing discoveries go years without being picked up by a particular community.
53:34 If Aristotle were alive today, how might he describe modern technology? How would one explain modern technology to someone from Aristotle's time?
1:02:37 Would you say the words "soul" or "spirit" were used in the past in much the same way we use the term "software" today?
1:04:26 Why would cellphones be inconceivable? They work the same way speech does. The only difference is that the ancients didn't know about the electromagnetic field.
1:06:40 In your own experience, have there been any major changes to a field of study that changed the way one would view a certain topic? I remember being in school studying astronomy when Pluto was declared to no longer be a planet and my professor's lesson plan had to adapt in an instant.
1:14:16 I like pondering what Professor Einstein may have been able to do with Wolfram|Alpha.
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