Chaos

What makes the weather so unpredictable and volatile? Why do epidemics come and go without any discernible pattern and why do social systems, like the Stock Exchange, suffer catastrophic collapses? Could these phenomena ever be predicted? The answer may lie in an exciting mathematical theory - the Chaos Theory - put forward by an intrepid group of mathematicians and physicist. Chaos provides clues to the way in which the universe can seem both ordered and disordered at the same time. This video describes the constituent segments of the Chaos Theory and its practical applications in the real world.

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Credits

co-producer

Rex Cowan

David Barlow

Duration

00:55:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1988

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324432

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Epidemics

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Chaotic behavior in systems

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Mathematics

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Sound

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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1988

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