Father of Chaos Theory Dies


	Father of Chaos Theory Dies

misterboh

4-17-2008 8:49 AM

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<P _extended="true">He was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology when he came up with the scientific concept that small effects lead 
to big changes, something that was explained in a simple example known as the 
"butterfly effect." He explained how something as minuscule as a butterfly 
flapping its wings in Brazil changes the constantly moving atmosphere in ways 
that could later trigger tornadoes in Texas.</p> <P _extended="true">His discovery of "deterministic chaos" brought about "one of 
the most dramatic changes in mankind's view of nature since Sir Isaac Newton," 
said the committee that awarded Lorenz the 1991 Kyoto Prize for basic sciences. 
It was one of many scientific awards that Lorenz won. There is no Nobel Prize 
for his specific field of expertise, meteorology.</p> <P _extended="true">Jerry Mahlman, a longtime friend, noted that the man who 
pioneered chaos theory was "the most organized person I ever knew."</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D86849C1-9801-40EB-A743-42D199F8449A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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