Meet Stephen Wolfram

4 PM, 13 Oct 2025

Theoretical physicist and innovator Stephen Wolfram discusses the big questions facing science with the London Institute and its guests.

Dr Stephen Wolfram is one of the most restless and original talents in science. Since publishing his first paper in particle physics at just 15, he has created the pioneering software Mathematica, launched the knowledge engine WolframAlpha and developed a radical new framework for fundamental physics.

In this event, Dr Wolfram sits down with our director Thomas Fink and science writer Ananyo Bhattacharya to talk about the big questions. What are the deepest challenges facing theorists today? How should science be organised and communicated? And how might AI-assisted discovery transform maths and physics?

The evening offers a rare opportunity to learn about Dr Wolfram’s intellectual journey and ambitions for the future, as he reflects on his decades-long pursuit of new kinds of science, from cellular automata to his Physics Project to computational insights into life and learning. There will also be time for audience questions and discussion over drinks.

Event information

The event takes place on Monday 13 October at the London Institute for Mathematical Sciences, which is on the second floor of the Royal Institution. The event is limited to 80 people and is by invitation only. The interview will start at 4:00pm in our Faraday seminar room, followed by Q&A at 5:00pm. At 5:45pm we will have drinks and canapes with the speaker into the evening.

Meet Stephen Wolfram
Meet Stephen Wolfram
Meet Stephen Wolfram
Meet Stephen Wolfram
Meet Stephen Wolfram
Meet Stephen Wolfram
Meet Stephen Wolfram
Meet Stephen Wolfram
Meet Stephen Wolfram
Meet Stephen Wolfram
Meet Stephen Wolfram
Meet Stephen Wolfram
Meet Stephen Wolfram
Meet Stephen Wolfram
Meet Stephen Wolfram
Meet Stephen Wolfram

Speaker

Stephen Wolfram

Dr Stephen Wolfram is a physicist, entrepreneur and creator of Mathematica and WolframAlpha. Author of A New Kind of Science and founder of Wolfram Research, he combines pioneering work in physics and computation with building some of the world’s most influential software.