Hi Boyd!

> People who were fascinated by cellular
> automata may like the article below.

Boyd - Thanks, it's interesting to me! When I started my Ph.D., my original topic was going to be trying to model quantum physics using cellular automata....

Back then, this was a very obscure area to do, and I ended up changing fields.... However, because of this experience, I know something about this area.

I'm going to try to get my hands on a copy of Stephen Wolfram's book and check through it! :) (Stephen Wolfram did some of the pioneering work in this field, in the mid-1980s.)

By the way.... On the BUSINESS side, as the article says, Stephen Wolfram is a physicist-turned-multimillionaire-entrepreneur. He is a former university academic, who decided to give away the academic life to become an entrepreneur.

Stephen Wolfram developed some software, called Mathematica, which allows you do to some very advanced mathematics. (It is widely used by physics researchers - I've used it, for example. It's very powerful software, though it costs a couple thousand bucks to buy a copy.)

Anyhow, Mathematica made him a multi-millionaire - he started the company, created the software, and I think he's still heading the company today. His wealth from his company allows him the freedom to do whatever research he wants to do nowadays, whenever he wants....

- Dien Rice