A New Kind of Science: “Among a small group of very smart people, the publication of A New Kind of Science, by Stephen Wolfram, has been anticipated with the anxiety aroused in literary circles by, say, Jonathan Franzen’s recent novel, The Corrections. For more than a decade, Wolfram, a theoretical physicist turned millionaire software entrepreneur, has been laboring in solitude on a work that, he has promised, will change the way we see the world. Adding to the suspense, the book has been announced and withdrawn as the artist returned to his garret to tinker, ignoring the bad vibes and hexes cast by jealous colleagues hoping to see him fall flat on his face.” NY Times Books