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Nice review in New York Times

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  • Subject: [mg9549] Nice review in New York Times
  • From: Seth Chandler <SChandler at Central.UH.Edu>
  • Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 01:40:13 -0500
  • Organization: University of Houston
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

The technology column of today's (Nov. 10, 1997) New York Times gives an
extremely favorable review of Mathematica. Titled "Connections:
Mathematica is a software program that puts joy back in the numbers
game", the article includes comments such as:

* "In it's latest incarnation -- Version 3.0, introduced last year for
$1,295, with a student version available for $140 -- Mathematica is a
programming language, a calculator, a composite of subtle mathematical
algorithms, and a program that is more powerful than any application
that has yet been devised for it."

* "The program is a cyberslide rule of sorts, which invites play and
inventiveness, creates a kind of tactile feel for mathematical
operations and encourages the most elaborate forms of experimentation."



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