LORENZ's BUTTERFLY
Charles François (2004). LORENZ's BUTTERFLY, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 1961.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1961 ▶ |
| Object type | Discipline oriented, Methodology or model |
- “The mere flapping of a butterfly's wings could spawn hurricanes after not too long a time and very far away”. This image was proposed in the 1960's by E. N. LORENZ, a meteorologist at the M.I.T.
While not utterly impossible, this should of course be taken as a portentous metaphor about chaotic behavior and high unpredictability of complex systems, due to their high sensibility to initial conditions.