Q&A : IS THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT REAL?

IS THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT REAL?

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•Sep 21, 2016

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Most of us have heard of the Butterfly Effect, but is it real? And what is Chaos Theory? Is Anything Truly Random? http://bit.ly/2cNQDzc

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"The butterfly effect is all the more pleasing because the computer model that led to its discovery resembles a butterfly. The mathematician Edward Lorenz created the model, called a strange attractor, in the 1960s; it's a line that alternately spirals around two adjacent ovals, mapping out the chaotic solution to a set of interrelated equations." When the Butterfly Effect Took Flight https://www.technologyreview.com/s/42...

"On a winter day 50 years ago, Edward Lorenz, a mild-mannered meteorology professor at MIT, entered some numbers into a computer program simulating weather patterns and then left his office to get a cup of coffee while the machine ran. When he returned, he noticed a result that would change the course of science." The Butterfly Effect http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi652.htm

"In 1960 Lorenz tried to model the weather. He wrote simplified equations and solved them on a primitive computer. Sure enough, his output did behave a lot like real weather. His colleagues watched over his shoulder. They were fascinated." DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos daily. Watch More DNews on Seeker http://www.seeker.com/show/dnews/

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