Editing Stephen Wolfram (section)

== Early career ==
Wolfram, at the age of 15, began research in applied [[quantum field theory]] and [[particle physics]] and published scientific papers in [[peer-reviewed]] [[scientific journal]]s; by the time he left Oxford, he had published ten such papers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Somers |first=James |date=2018-04-05 |title=The Scientific Paper Is Obsolete |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/04/the-scientific-paper-is-obsolete/556676/ |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423050834/https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/04/the-scientific-paper-is-obsolete/556676/ |archive-date=23 April 2018 |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Following his PhD, Wolfram joined the faculty at Caltech and became the youngest recipient<ref>{{Cite news |title=FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT 21 AS 'GENIUSES' FOR 5 YEARS |language=en |work=The New York Times |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1981/05/19/142193.html?pageNumber=1 |access-date=2023-03-26}}</ref> of a [[MacArthur Fellows Program|MacArthur Fellowship]] in 1981, at age 21.<ref name="arndt20020517">{{cite magazine |url =https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2002-05-26/simple-science |title=Stephen Wolfram's Simple Science |access-date=January 1, 2022 |last=Arndt |first=Michael |date=May 17, 2002 |magazine=[[BusinessWeek]]}}</ref>