Edward Lorenz Dead at 90

The father of Chaos Theory, Edward Lorenz, passed away at age 90 on Wednesday. The most widely known facet of chaos theory is known as the “butterfly effect.” The theory describes the behavior of certain nonlinear dynamical systems that may exhibit dynamics that are highly sensitive to initial conditions.

The phrase “butterfly effect” refers to the idea that a butterfly’s wings might create tiny changes in the atmosphere that ultimately cause a tornado to appear (or prevent a tornado from appearing). The flapping wing represents a small change in the initial condition of the system, which causes a chain of events leading to large-scale phenomena. Had the butterfly not flapped its wings, the trajectory of the system might have been vastly different.

On a side note, everything I just typed is from Wikipedia.

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