butterfly effect
During World Mathematical Year 2000 a sequence of posters were displayed month by month in the trains of the London Underground aiming to stimulate, fascinate - even infuriate passengers! Keith Moffatt tells us about three of the posters from the series.
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.
With the credit crunch dominating the news, columnists have been wailing about "chaos in the markets", and "turbulent" share prices. But what does move the markets? Are they deterministic, or a result of chance? Colva Roney-Dougal explores the maths, from chaos to group theory.
Levitation, magical weight loss and perpetual motion — these are just some of the tricks that have been attributed to things that spin. So do gyroscopes need their very own version of physics? Hugh Hunt debunks some myths.
Levitation, magical weight loss and perpetual motion — these are just some of the tricks that have been attributed to things that spin. So do gyroscopes need their very own version of physics? Hugh Hunt debunks some myths.
Chaotic Christmas? Try crocheting chaos!
The father of chaos theory dies
Levitation, magical weight loss and perpetual motion — these are just some of the tricks that have been attributed to things that spin. So do gyroscopes need their very own version of physics? Hugh Hunt debunks some myths.
Levitation, magical weight loss and perpetual motion — these are just some of the tricks that have been attributed to things that spin. So do gyroscopes need their very own version of physics? Hugh Hunt debunks some myths.
