Wolfram Alpha is a brand new knowledge-based computing site. The esteemed inventor of Wolfram Mathematica, Stephen Wolfram, explains the purpose of the site:
… long-term goal is to make all systematic knowledge immediately
computable and accessible to everyone. We aim to collect and curate all
objective data; implement every known model, method, and algorithm; and
make it possible to compute whatever can be computed about anything.
Our goal is to build on the achievements of science and other
systematizations of knowledge to provide a single source that can be
relied on by everyone for definitive answers to factual queries.
Wolfram|Alpha
aims to bring expert-level knowledge and capabilities to the broadest
possible range of people—spanning all professions and education levels…
computable and accessible to everyone. We aim to collect and curate all
objective data; implement every known model, method, and algorithm; and
make it possible to compute whatever can be computed about anything.
Our goal is to build on the achievements of science and other
systematizations of knowledge to provide a single source that can be
relied on by everyone for definitive answers to factual queries.
Wolfram|Alpha
aims to bring expert-level knowledge and capabilities to the broadest
possible range of people—spanning all professions and education levels…
Here is a section on Geology from Wolfram Alpha. It gives a flavor of what information you can obtain from the site.
Also radio interview from Harvard’s Radio Berkman explains more.
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