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What prestigious award did Stephen Wolfram win in 1981?

  • Fields Medal

  • Nobel Prize

  • MacArthur Award

  • Pulitzer Prize

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The MacArthur Award, also known as the "genius grant," is a prestigious award given to individuals who have shown exceptional creativity and promise in their respective fields. In 1981, Stephen Wolfram, a renowned physicist and computer scientist, was awarded the MacArthur Award in recognition of his groundbreaking work in theoretical physics and cellular automata.
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