Title
|
Subject
|
Author
|
Synopsis
|
| The Butterfly Effect |
Chaos Theory |
Lee Borrell |
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| Where Two Worlds Meet |
Quantum Chaos |
Julian Brown |
Butterflies can cause hurricanes, according
to the classical theory of chaos. But what happens when chaos encounters
the quantum world? |
| Practical Fractal |
Fractal Compression |
|
Mandelbrot's equations compress digital
images. |
| Chaos on the Trading
Floor |
Chaos Theory |
Robert Savit |
Economists and speculators would like to be
able to predict the ups and downs of the financial and commodities markets.
Could chaos theory help? |
| Is the Solar System
stable? |
Chaos Theory |
Carl Murray |
You might be surprised to learn that the Earth's
orbit round the Sun, like those of other planets,is chaotic. What does this
mean for the future of the Solar System? |
| A Random Walk in
Arithmetic |
Randomness |
Gregory Chaitin |
God not only plays dice in physics but also
in pure mathematics. Mathematical truth is sometimes nothing more than a
perfect coin toss. |
| Chaotic Forecast |
Meteorology |
Bill Burroughs |
Why the weather gets stuck in a mood,and so
defies prediction. |
| Chaos,Entropy and the Arrow of
Time |
Chaos Theory |
Peter Coveney |
The theory of chaos uncovers a new "uncertainty
principle" which governs how the real world behaves. It also explains why
time goes in only one direction. |
| An Experiment with
Mathematics |
Chaos Theory |
Franco Vivaldi |
Think of a number x, put it into a simple
equation and feed the equation to a computer. Put the answer back into the
equation. Repeat the exercise and watch chaos evolve before your eyes. |
| Circuits get Chaos in
Sync |
Electronics |
Joseph Neff & Thomas L. Carroll |
Exploiting chaos in electronic circuits to
encode and synchronize circuits. |
| Mastering Chaos |
Chaos Theory |
William L. Ditto & Louis M. Pecora |
It is now possible to control some systems
that behave. Engineers can use chaos to stabilize lasers, chaotically electronic
circuits and even the hearts of animals. |
| Fractals,reflections and
distortions |
Chaos Theory |
Caroline Series |
Fractals obtained from repeated reflections
in circular mirrors produce breathtaking kaleidoscopic images. Understanding
these pictures may give us new insights into the geometry of chaos. |
| Chaos Frees the
Universe |
Physics |
Paul Davies |
Chaos seems to provide a bridge between the
deterministic laws of physics and the laws of chance, implying that the Universe
is genuinely creative and that the notion of free will is real. |
| Chaos Theory |
Physics |
Transcript |
Chaos in music and related to the Harmony
of the Spheres and the Golden Section. |
| Fract and Friction |
Belief |
Danny Malvert |
How science found order out of chaos - or
was it the other way around? |
| Fractals-A geometry of
nature |
Fractal Geometry |
Benoit Mandelbrot |
Fractal geometry plays two roles. It is the
geometry of deterministic chaos and it can also describe the geometry of
mountains, clouds and galaxies. |
| Turbulent times for
Fluids |
Nonlinear Systems |
Tom Mullin |
Babbling brooks and bracing breezes may please
poets but they bother physicists. |
| A weather eye on unpredictability
|
Meteorology |
Tim Palmer |
Much of chaos theory came from trying to
understand how the Earth's atmosphere behaves. |
| The chaotic rhythms of life
|
Biology |
Robert May |
In the 1970s, population biologists helped
to launch the theory of chaos. Now it seems that many aspects of life are
probably chaotic. |
| World of Patterns |
Physics |
Mark Buchanan |
Patterns are everywhere
in nature.By finding the connections between them,physicists
can begin to understand the mysterious forces that draw spirals
spots and stripes where before there were none. |