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January 01, 1960
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Edward Lorenz studied weather patterns using computers and discovered the sensitivity of initial conditions (chaos theory) by altering decimal places.
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| Name | Type | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Lorenz | person | 10 | View Entity |
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This document appears to be page 172 of a book titled 'Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?', included in a House Oversight Committee file dump (Bates stamp 015862). The text discusses Chaos Theory, specifically referencing Poincaré's work on orbits and the 'Four Body Problem,' as well as Edward Lorenz's discovery of the 'butterfly effect' in weather patterns during the 1960s when adjusting decimal precision in computer models.
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