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Math: Chaos theory: History: Butterfly: Who expressed the first the idea of the butterfly effect?

Apr 15th, 2006 11:23
Knud van Eeden,

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--- Knud van Eeden --- 29 November 2003 - 07:59 pm -------------------

Math: Chaos theory: History: Butterfly: Who expressed the first the 
idea of the butterfly effect?

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The butterfly effect was first used by Edward Lorenz, a meteorologist,
in 1979.

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Lorenz and the butterfly effect: The tale of his work is well told
in

[book: author: Gleick, James / title: Chaos - Making a New Science / 
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex / year: 1987]

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Lorenz's key paper was "Deterministic nonperiodic flow," EN Lorenz,
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 20, p130-141 (1963).

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Lorenz first used the famous butterfly example in

"Predictability: does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set off 
a tornado in Texas?",

an address to the annual meeting of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science in Washington, 29 December 1979.

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Internet: see also:

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Search Google for 'Predictability: does the flap of a butterfly's wings 
in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?'

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Predictability:%
20does%20the%20flap%20of%20a%20butterfly's%20wings%20in%20Brazil%20set%
20off%20a%20tornado%20in%20Texas?

(the above URL all on one line)

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Math: Chaos theory: Overview: Can you give me an overview of chaos 
theory?
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/26929/fid/867

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