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Barry Phipps tells Plus how he bridges the gap between the arts and sciences as an exhibition curator.

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Get the maths of this famous fractal

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June 2008
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Lorenz

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All of science can be regarded as motivated by the search for rules behind the randomness of nature, and attempts to make prediction in the presence of uncertainty. Chris Budd describes the search for pattern and order in chaos.

Tags: Newtonian mechanics : butterfly effect : prediction : Galileo : pendulum : weather forecasting : planetary motion : Lorenz : period : Laplace : double pendulum : town planning


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Chaotic Christmas? Try crocheting chaos!

Tags: Lorenz equations : butterfly effect : weather : Lorenz


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The father of chaos theory dies

Tags: chaos : butterfly effect : Lorenz attractor : Lorenz