Stephen Wolfram's Wife Elise Cawley Dies Suddenly at 64
Stephen Wolfram's Wife Has Died
Stephen Wolfram announces the sudden death of his wife, Elise Cawley, a mathematician, just hours after she attended a virtual celebration for their child. Wolfram reflects on their 36 years together, her intellectual brilliance, her humanistic view of mathematics, and her influence on his own work, including her correct insistence on the human essence of math.
She always told me that truth and beauty were ultimately the same thing, and that one day I would understand that.