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nukemarss··on Ask HN: How did Stephen Wolfram got into Caltech PhD program?
https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/24/us/physicist-awarded-geni...

This article says that he graduated from Oxford but the gaurdian article says he left oxford without graduating?.

nukemarss··on Ask HN: How did Stephen Wolfram got into Caltech PhD program?
Is he god? How can someone enter Oxford without A-levels? Complete PhD in a year?

Interestingly this article says that "he was never able to do arithmetic". https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/24/us/physicist-awarded-geni...