this obscure mathematical concept has become an everyday idea, but do we have it all wrong?
- Written by Milad Haghani, Associate Professor & Principal Fellow in Urban Risk & Resilience, The University of Melbourne
Edward Lorenz's mathematical weather model showed solutions with a butterfly-like shape.WikimolIn 1972, the US meteorologist Edward Lorenz asked a now-famous question:
Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?
Over the next 50 years, the so-called “butterfly effect” captivated the public...





