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Wolfram Alpha is modern powerful search engines that caters various fields of studies launched in May 2009. The design of these engines initially concentrates on formula and algorithm growth in Mathematics as a result of extensive and sustained data gathering conducted by the team .
In the field of mathematics, it provides supports on specific categories of topics such as mathematical functions, algebra, computational sciences, probability and statistics, calculus and analysis, geometry as well as discrete mathematics. Beyond the common mathematical functions, the team of Wolfram recently added Bessel functions, zeta functions, gamma functions and elliptic functions. In algebra, the team included better support for matrices and computation of sums. In computational science, there is available information ready for exploration with regard to cellular automata and guidance for string substitution system. Ahead of the usual geometry, extensive information and research in Wolfram includes periodic tiling such as the zigzag and basket weave tiling. In discrete mathematics, users can explore more on graph theory and combinatorics .
In the field of science, Wolfram strengthened its features by including genomic structure of mouse, physical exercise calculators, psychometric properties, data about atmospheric conditions, earthquakes, lasers, refrigeration cycle and geodesy and navigation. The physical exercise calculator developed by the team permitted the users to compute energy outflow, oxygen consumption, fat loss for variety of activities such as swimming, rowing and running. Data about human genome is part of the site itself. It further strengthened information about the human genome through genomic structure of the mouse that provides information on DNA sequences. Atmospheric conditions that include humidity, wind chill, cooling days and heat index are also part of the important features that Wolfram provides. There is also strong query support about geodesy and navigation that provides information on specific map-projection and managing of geodetic datum alterations.
Users of Wolfram will feel productive using the system if the research there is a requirement for research on culture and socio-economic. International and domestic health care statistics are available in the site that covers the public and private expenditures on health by OECD. Comparison for analysis purposes with regard to military information is also available. Selected weaponries, troop strengths as well as nuclear stockpiles for most nations in the world are accessible in this powerful site. The site also reinforced its time zones and calendar information including the religious calendars and international calendar computation. It also caters the need for accessing various languages including lexical and geographical information .
In the field of food and nutrition, the site has been helpful in providing information on how the cooking time of every food such as turkeys and eggs, whether you want it sunny side up and scrambled. The site has also been helpful in assisting users to lose weight and compute for your intended physical level.
Wolfram also provides useful information on history and people. It can go from searching about Apollo Moon landing to the sequence of moon landings that terminated in Apollo 17. Users can also leverage from this site by searching for detailed events in the American History, to Donald Duck’s birthday down to the information about Morse Code Messages.
Works Cited
Culture & Media. (2014, September 19). Retrieved from WolframAlpha's Blog: http://blog.wolframalpha.com/category/media/
New Features in Wolfram Alpha. (2009, December 21). Retrieved from Wolfram Alpha's Blog: http://blog.wolframalpha.com/2009/12/21/new-features-in-wolframalpha-year-end-update/
WolframAlpha: Computational Knowledge Engine. (2014). Retrieved from Wolfram Alpha: http://www.wolframalpha.com/
