Chaos at fifty
Abstract
In 1963 Edward Lorenz revealed deterministic predictability to be an illusion and gave birth to a field that still thrives. This Feature Article discusses Lorenz's discovery and developments that followed from it.
- Publication:
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Physics Today
- Pub Date:
- 2013
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1306.5777
- Bibcode:
- 2013PhT....66e..27M
- Keywords:
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- Nonlinear Sciences - Chaotic Dynamics;
- Condensed Matter - Disordered Systems and Neural Networks;
- Mathematics - Dynamical Systems;
- Physics - Classical Physics
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- For an animated visualization of the Lorenz attractor, click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu4RdmBVdps