As the world's first and only full-scale computational language, the Wolfram Language represents a milestone in the development of programming languages that makes leading-edge computation accessible to everyone. Unique in its approach of building in vast knowledge and automation, the Wolfram Language scales from a single line of easy-to-understand interactive code to million-line production systems.

This book provides an elementary introduction to the Wolfram Language and modern computational thinking. It assumes no prior knowledge of programming, and is suitable for both technical and non-technical college and middle-to-high-school students―as well as anyone with an interest in the latest technology and its practical application.

Run everything in this book in any Wolfram environment on the web or your desktop.

About the Author

Stephen Wolfram is the creator of the Wolfram Language, as well as Wolfram|Alpha and Mathematica. He has been a pioneer in the science and technology of computation for over four decades. Starting out in physics research in his early teens, he has made many important contributions to science, including his groundbreaking 2002 book A New Kind of Science and the Wolfram Physics Project, launched in 2020. Since 1987, Wolfram has been the CEO of Wolfram Research, one of the world's most respected software companies, known for its long history of technical innovation.