I suggest you to buy the book , is a masterpiece imho

da-bacon · on July 17, 2012

For a contrary opinion about the book see http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/reviews/wolfram/

(yes I've read the book and mostly agree with that review)

sophacles · on July 17, 2012

It is a great primer, particularly if you can look past the Wolfram "I invented everything, how awesome am I" language. Read up on some criticisms of it too, there are some things that are over-the-top, and a lot of "ink" (and bits..) has been spent on the subject.

adv0r · on July 17, 2012

yes I hate that attitude too actually "I invented everything, how awesome am I" . I'm not here to defend it.

But still he deserve some recognition, afterall he is the first bringing AI to the masses with Alfa, and helped some million researcher's life with Mathematica. And, 10 years after NKS, these are somehow good results -> http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2012/05/its-been-10-years-wha... ...

You can judge people from many different perspectives, but when it comes to "getting things done", you should step back and congratulate him. again, IMHO

sophacles · on July 17, 2012

But still he deserve some recognition,

and

but when it comes to "getting things done", you should step back and congratulate him

My first words were "it's a great primer", followed with a suggestion for how to get the most from the work.

I'm not trying to downplay Wolfram's other work either, just pointing out that there are issues and grains of salt to take with this particular work.