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June 12, 2009
The Answer Man
Dear Larry,
I read a brief article about WolframAlpha? What exactly is
it?
V. T.
Dear V. T.,
WolframAlpha is quickly becoming the “Google” of human
knowledge. We often turn to Google when we want to find a website having to do
with a particular topic. Similarly, we can now turn to WolframAlpha when we want
an answer to a question concerning human knowledge.
The website and knowledge engine was developed by Wolfram
Research, a company founded by Stephen Wolfram, a British physicist,
mathematician, and businessman, and will undoubtedly evolve over time, both in
its volume of knowledge as well as its ability to understand human language
queries.
Start by visiting
www.wolframalpha.com. And then what? Ask away! Here are plenty of examples
of what it’s capable of:
Q:What is WolframAlpha? A: I am a computational knowledge
engine.
Q: How much is 2+2? A: 4.
Q: Integrate sin(3x)dx. A: -1/3 cos(3x) + a constant, etc.
Q: How much is 88 miles per hour? A: 141.6 kilometers per hour or 76.47 knots or
the speed at which Marty McFly needed to drive the Delorean in order to travel
through time.
Q: How old is Barack Obama? A: 47 years, 9 months, 26 days.
Q: Tell me about Greenwich CT. A: Current population 62,236, 56 foot elevation,
with a link to a satellite image.
Q: $15 per hour. A: $2,520 per week or $131,400 per year or 1,432 Japanese yen
per hour.
Q: 100 degrees Centigrade. A: 212 degrees Fahrenheit among other things.
Q: 4,000 words. A: Approximately 24,400 characters, equivalent to an 8-page,
single-spaced document.
Q: What is the gross national product of the USA vs. France? A: 13.92 trillion
vs. 2.53 trillion (US dollars).
Q: What is the life expectancy of a USA male age 50? A: Approximately 75.29
years.
Q: What is red+yellow? A: Orange.
Q: What is the D# minor scale? A: D#, E#, F#, G#, A#, B, C#, D#.
Q: What is MSFT? A: Microsoft, last traded at $20.89 with revenue of $61.17
billion and an 11.94 P/E ratio, etc.
Q: 2 cups of orange juice. A: 219 calories, 51 g carbohydrates, 994 mg dietary
fiber, 42 g sugar, 4 g protein, etc.
Q: A _ _ A _ _ R. A: AviAtoR or AerAtoR or AssAyeR.
Q: Mortgage 5% 30 years $300,000. A: Monthly payment of $1,610, $279,767
interest paid, $579.767 total payments, etc.
Q: What is the height of the Eiffel Tower? A: 984 feet.
Q: What is the 3rd largest country in Europe? A: Spain (by area), UK (by
population), France (by GDP).
Q: Who was the vice president of USA in 1911? A: James S. Sherman.
Q: Larry. A: 334th most popular name in 2007, 1 in 2,304 people currently named
Larry, approximately 701,582 people alive today named Larry.
Q: What is ATAGTCCTAGTTAAAT? A: 16 base pair combination found on human
chromosomes 1 and 10.
Q: 3 grams of gold. A: Current value of $103.70, etc.
Q: What is Larry Schneider doing now? A: Logging off.
