The butterfly effect

Stalking a giant in PNG

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  • Published 20190205
  • ISBN: 9781925773408
  • Extent: 264pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?
Edward Lorenz, American Association for the
Advancement of Science, 1972

 

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