chaos theory
noun
: a branch of mathematical and physical theory that deals with the nature and consequences of chaos and chaotic systems
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The Ram Dass lectures took their place in his library of unorthodox thinkers, which had long embraced Ralph Abraham, a professor of mathematics at UC Santa Cruz, who was not only an expert on chaos theory and psychedelic shamanism but had spent a good deal of time living in a cave in the Himalayas.
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Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024
Legendary scientist Edward Lorenz and his discussions of chaos theory signaled decades ago that there was likely an upper limit on weather predictability.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
What chaos theory has to teach us about human events
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—Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2024
From embodying chaos theory in the House to genuflecting before the Great God Trump in the presidential race, Republicans can’t get a handle on how to play the game of politics.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 25 Sep. 2023
The idea of using chaos theory in cryptography was initially proposed by British physicist Robert Matthews in 1989, says Kwek Leong Chuan, a physicist at the Center for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2020
In the 1960s, meteorologist and mathematician Edward Lorenz laid the foundations of chaos theory by noticing that small uncertainties in weather data could result in wildly different forecasts—like the proverbial butterfly whose wing flap causes a tornado.
—WIRED, 27 Sep. 2023
So, thanks to chaos theory our future is never knowable to us.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2013
Further, the emphasis on initial conditions in chaos theory reminded me that understanding and formulating what brought the patient to our doors is vital.
—Sharmila B. Mehta, STAT, 30 Aug. 2023
Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024
Legendary scientist Edward Lorenz and his discussions of chaos theory signaled decades ago that there was likely an upper limit on weather predictability.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
What chaos theory has to teach us about human events
Subscribe to Listen to this Article
00:00
14:57
Produced by ElevenLabs and NOA, News Over Audio, using AI narration.
—Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2024
From embodying chaos theory in the House to genuflecting before the Great God Trump in the presidential race, Republicans can’t get a handle on how to play the game of politics.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 25 Sep. 2023
The idea of using chaos theory in cryptography was initially proposed by British physicist Robert Matthews in 1989, says Kwek Leong Chuan, a physicist at the Center for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2020
In the 1960s, meteorologist and mathematician Edward Lorenz laid the foundations of chaos theory by noticing that small uncertainties in weather data could result in wildly different forecasts—like the proverbial butterfly whose wing flap causes a tornado.
—WIRED, 27 Sep. 2023
So, thanks to chaos theory our future is never knowable to us.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2013
Further, the emphasis on initial conditions in chaos theory reminded me that understanding and formulating what brought the patient to our doors is vital.
—Sharmila B. Mehta, STAT, 30 Aug. 2023
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