Computational analysis with the Wolfram Language — The United States has tens of thousands of bridges and many of them were built decades ago. Despite investments to keep them in good repair, many of these bridges are in poor condition and unsafe to cross. This morning the news reported that another significant bridge had collapsed in the…

Using the Wolfram Language — Every time I play Wordle I am reminded of this quote from Arthur Conan Doyle’s character Sherlock Holmes, when he solves another mysterious conundrum: How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? — Sherlock Holmes Wordle…

Using the Wolfram Language — The National Weather Service provides detailed satellite images from a number of its satellites operated by the NOAA. When there is a serious weather event, like hurricane Ida, they train one of their satellites on that event to track it during its lifetime. This post shows how you can use…

A Cautionary Tale Told With The Wolfram Language — Few parents would be comfortable with putting their baby in a room with a crocodile. They understand that babies and crocodiles have very different opinions of one another. A baby is trusting and seeks to explore and make new friends. A crocodile sees a baby as a nice afternoon snack…

An Introduction to the Wolfram Function Compiler — At the core of the Wolfram Language sits an expression evaluator that transforms input expressions into computed results using standard evaluation rules. This evaluator is what makes the Wolfram Language (abbreviated here as WL) incredibly flexible and powerful, but there is a performance cost to running individual expressions through this…

A Computational Thinking Story With the Wolfram Language — Space is big, really big. However, space around Earth is getting more and more crowded. Every time a new spacecraft is launched little bits and pieces end up in orbit around. …

A Computational Exploration With The Wolfram Language — I like to think I know everything, especially when it comes to programming. And, for a long time, I thought that if I looked at a piece of code long enough I would be able to completely understand its behavior. Just read the code, line by line, and think through…