About Wolfram|AlphaThe introduction of Wolfram|Alpha defined a fundamentally new paradigm for getting knowledge and answers -- not by searching the web, but by doing dynamic computations based on a vast collection of built-in data, algorithms and methods. Bringing broad, deep, expert-level knowledge to everyone… anytime, anywhere.Energetically developed for more than a decade, Wolfram|Alpha is an ambitious, long-term intellectual endeavor that we intend will deliver ever-increasing capabilities over the years to come.Wolfram|AlphaWA_eb90668a-f577-11e7-a969-6225f4215f3cWolfram|Alpha brings expert-level knowledge and capabilities to the broadest possible range of people -- spanning all professions and education levels... With a world-class team and participation from top outside experts in countless fields, we are constantly working to create what we hope will stand as a major milestone of 21st-century intellectual achievement.Stephen WolframWhat makes Wolfram|Alpha possible today is a somewhat unique set of circumstances -- and the singular vision of Stephen Wolfram. For the first time in history, computers are powerful enough to support the capabilities of Wolfram|Alpha, and the web provides a broad-based means of delivery. But this technology alone was not enough for Wolfram|Alpha to be possible. What was also needed were two developments that have been driven by Stephen Wolfram over the course of more than 30 years.MathematicaWolfram Language: The first was the Wolfram Language -- the language that grew out of Mathematica and in which Wolfram|Alpha is implemented. The Wolfram Language has three crucial roles in Wolfram|Alpha. First, its very general symbolic structure provides the framework in which all the diverse knowledge in Wolfram|Alpha is represented and all the operations on it are implemented. Second, the vast web of algorithms built into the Wolfram Language provides the computational foundation that makes it even conceivably practical to implement the methods and models of so many fields. And finally, the strength of the Wolfram Language as a software engineering and deployment platform makes it possible to take the technical achievements of Wolfram|Alpha and deliver them broadly and robustly.Wolfram ResearchBeyond the Wolfram Language, another key to Wolfram|Alpha is A New Kind of Science (NKS). Many specific ideas from NKS -- particularly related to algorithms discovered by exploring the computational universe -- are used in the implementation of Wolfram|Alpha. But still more important is that the very paradigm of NKS was crucial in imagining that Wolfram|Alpha might be possible. Wolfram|Alpha represents a substantial technical and intellectual achievement. But to build it required not just unique technology and ideas, but also the experience of 30 years of long-term R&D and ongoing development of robust technology at Wolfram Research.All the world's systematic knowledge becomes computable_eb90670c-f577-11e7-a969-6225f4215f3cTo make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone._eb906784-f577-11e7-a969-6225f4215f3cKnowledgeExpertiseUbiquityImmediacyAccessibilityAnswers & KnowledgeCompute answers and provide knowledge._eb9067f2-f577-11e7-a969-6225f4215f3cWe work to accept completely free-form input, and to serve as a knowledge engine that generates powerful results and presents them with maximum clarity.ResultsGenerate powerful results_eb90686a-f577-11e7-a969-6225f4215f3c1ClarityPresent results with maximum clarity._eb9068d8-f577-11e7-a969-6225f4215f3c22018-01-09OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net