Mathematical prodigy Stephen Wolfram has laboured for a decade on what he claims is a revolutionary book. Jim Giles meets a supremely confident scientific loner, but finds expert opinion on the work's merits divided.
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Giles, J. What kind of science is this?. Nature 417, 216–218 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/417216a
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