So, I have been playing with the new computational knowledge search engine, WolframAlpha. It is amazing! This weekend I watched the Overview Video from its home page detailing many of the things it can do, and I was blown away!
It can solve math equations, compare the populations of the United States and France, give you stock information, tell you how many copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows have been published and so much more! I have yet to find a computation it cannot do!
Remember this is a computational search engine, so it will not bring you web pages of information. It gives you things it can compute. It is not a Google of sorts. Its purpose is completely different.
I have offered it up to one of our history teachers who is having her students compare the United States with another country in the world. I hope it goes well! I am so excited to see…
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