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chaos theory

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noun

  1. a theory, applied in various branches of science, that apparently random phenomena have underlying order

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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To this end, the research team employed a cross-disciplinary approach by combining chaos theory and synchronization theory.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 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

I talk about some examples in the book that there are paradigm-breaking developments: Plate tectonics was one of them, chaos theory is another and we can go on.

From Salon • Sep. 29, 2023

Everton have taken the chaos theory to extremes in recent years but nothing comes close to the current atmosphere of dysfunction and mistrust at the heart of the latest Goodison Park crisis.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2023

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

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