Country & City :

• Bielefeld is a city located in Germany, founded in 1214, and is a part of North Rhine-Westphalia. Bielefeld has a population of roughly 325,000. Known and called the 'town of linen'. Located and built to protect a pass crossing near the Teutoburg Forest. It was home to a large castle, called Sparrenburg, during the medieval age, but this castle was left to decay over the centuries. It was finally restored in 1879, but doesn't represent the castle's original appearance.

(Scanned from my elementary Germany workbook Tangram Aktuell 1 (c) Max Hueber Verlag)

Do you notice that there's a city called "Wolfsburg" which is near Bielefeld? XD

• There's also a hill named Wolfram Hill in Northern Australia (map below)

        People:

• His first name, we estimate, came from Wolfram von Eschenbach. This Wolfram was born in Eschenbach, Bavaria (A part of Germany), though the birth date is unknown, and was a poet and knight in around the 13th century. He is considered one of, if not the best, of medieval German narrative poets. His best know poem being Parzival, which is considered one of the best German epics for the time in which had been written.

Links of Interest: Wolfram von Eschenbach and his 'Parzival', /Wolfram von Eschenbach,/ The Stone from the Stars

• Stephen Wolfram (born August 29, 1959 in London, UK) is a scientist known for his work in theoretical particle physics, cellular automata, complexity theory, and computer algebra, and is the creator of the computer program Mathematica. Of Jewish descent, Wolfram's father, Hugo Wolfram, was a novelist and his mother, Sybil Wolfram, was a professor of philosophy at Oxford. Wolfram was educated at Eton public school. Often described as a child prodigy, he published an article on particle physics at age 16 and entered Oxford University (St John's College) at age 17. He received his Ph.D. in particle physics from Caltech at age 20 and joined the faculty there. His work with Geoffrey Fox on the theory of the strong interaction is still used today in experimental particle physics. In 1987 he co-founded a company called Wolfram Research, which continues to extend the program and market it with success. As of today Stephen Wolfram is the majority shareholder.

From 1992 to 2002, Wolfram worked on his controversial book A New Kind of Science (NKS), which presents an empirical study of very simple computational systems. Additionally, it argued that for fundamental reasons these types of systems, rather than traditional mathematics, are needed to model and understand complexity in nature.

Since the release of the NKS book in 2002, Wolfram has split his time between developing Mathematica and encouraging people to get involved with NKS by giving talks, holding NKS conferences, and starting an NKS summer school.
 

        Science:

• Wolfram is also a mineral. Also known as Wolframite. Another name in chemistry is tungsten.

• Wolfram syndrome, also called DIDMOAD (Diabetes Insipidus, Diabetes Mellitus, Optic Atrophy, and Deafness), is a rare genetic disorder, causing diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, and deafness.
  
  It was first diagnosed in 1938 by a physician named Wolfram in four siblings.
  
  The disease affects both the brain (especially the brain stem) and the central nervous system. Genetically it is thought to be recessively inherited.

        Treatment: There is no known treatment.
( When I first read about this I nearly toppled over onto the floor. Well yeah, he did make my eyes blind with love, make my ears hear nothing but him when he started to say something and affect my mind, my brain together with my central nervous system, so now you have a rabid girl here, incurable  XDD I think other Wolfram rabid girls would have just the same symptoms, ne? XDD)

         Other:

Facts at a glance Wolfram
Type: Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume: Gin

Served: "On the rocks"; poured over ice
Standard drink ware: Cocktail glass
Commonly used ingredients: 2 parts gin
2 parts Wolf Schmidt
2 parts dry vermouth
1 part lemon juice

Preparation: Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass.
Created in 1990 to commemorate the election of John Wolff as Chairman of the London Metal Exchange.

(Well yeah, it doesn't sound too hard to make this kind of cocktail. Would surely try it someday *wonder if any fans has tried it XD * please tell me it you have ^^ And seems like it has so many things to do with the people whose name contained these letters: "W-O-L-F" and London, UK. Maybe I should target back to England instead of German again to see if I could really find him XD)

 

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