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Edward Lorenz, Father of the Chaos Theory Dies at 90
The father of the chaos theory, died of cancer on Wednesday at the age of 90.
The father of the chaos theory, died of cancer on Wednesday at the age of 90. MIT made the announcement on Thursday.
A meteorologist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Lorenz is known for his identification of chaotic behavior in the mathematical modeling of weather systems. According to the university, the chaos theory claims that small differences in a dynamic system “could trigger vast and often unsuspected results.”
In 1991, Lorenz was awarded the Kyoto Prize for basic sciences for his groundbreaking theory. It was described as “one of the most dramatic changes in mankind’s view of nature since Sir Isaac Newton.”
His research led to the development of the “butterfly effect” which prescribes to the idea that even the smallest change, such as the flapping of an insect’s wings, can lead to huge consequences. The term came from Lorenz’s 1972 paper “Predictability: Does the Flap of a Butterfly’s Wings in Brazil Set off a Tornado in
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