chaos theory

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His chaos theory could win this in the blink of an eye.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2025

Although we may commonly use the phrase to denote the seeming interconnectedness of our own lives, the term "butterfly effect" is sometimes associated with chaos theory.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2024

A new staging presented by Bedlam makes a valiant effort to adapt Stoppard’s cerebral probes into chaos theory, Newtonian law, thermodynamics and metaphysics for a 2023 audience, but the result is a muddled one.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2023

The field of mathematics called chaos theory, which deals with extremely complex, dynamic systems like the movements of liquids or gasses, has a concept called "strange attractors."

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2020

Dad had become interested in chaos theory and was reading Los Alamos Science and the Journal of Statistical Physics.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls