|
|
|
| |
| A Vain Acknowledgement |
| |
| I'd like to acknowledge, perhaps in vain, the help I had from two "Steves", without whom learning scientific computing would not have been quite the pleasure that it has... |
| |
 |
Steve Jobs & NeXT Computer
When Steve Jobs set up NeXT Computer in 1985, he and the people at NeXT created something truly remarkable.
|
The NeXT Cube and NeXTStation computers combined the power and stability of Unix with the easiest to use and most beautiful graphical interface the world had yet seen. The NeXTStep OS now lies at the heart of Apple OSX.
And it is little wonder that Tim Berners-Lee used a NeXT at CERN to develop the very first web server and web browser.
|
| |
 |
| A NeXTStation Color System 1991 |
| |
 |
Stephen Wolfram & Mathematica
Stephen Wolfram released the first major version of Mathematica in 1988, bundled with the first academic NeXTs.
|
Mathematica is without question the finest software for analytical algebra, computational mathematics and visualisation of complex forms and data sets. It is hard to imagine doing scientific computing or teaching mathematics without it.
|
|
