Edward N. Lorenz
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Edward N. Lorenz was an American mathematician and meteorologist best known as a pioneer of chaos theory and the originator of the concept popularly known as the "butterfly effect."
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| Edward N. Lorenz canonical | 2 |
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| instanceOf |
human
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mathematician ⓘ meteorologist ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
bachelor's degree in mathematics
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doctorate in meteorology ⓘ master's degree in mathematics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
American Meteorological Society Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal
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Buys Ballot Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Crafoord Prize in Geosciences NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1917-05-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2008-04-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Dartmouth College
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Harvard University ⓘ Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| employer | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| familyName | Lorenz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
atmospheric science
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chaos theory ⓘ dynamical systems ⓘ mathematics ⓘ meteorology ⓘ |
| fullName | Edward Norton Lorenz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Edward ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of modern chaos theory
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nonlinear dynamics in meteorology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
classical mechanics
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numerical weather prediction ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Lorenz attractor
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Lorenz system NERFINISHED ⓘ formulation of the butterfly effect ⓘ pioneering chaos theory ⓘ work on deterministic nonperiodic flow ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
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National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
butterfly effect
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sensitive dependence on initial conditions ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow
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The Essence of Chaos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | West Hartford, Connecticut, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
head of the Department of Meteorology at MIT
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professor of meteorology at MIT ⓘ |
| residence | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workplace | Massachusetts Institute of Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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American Meteorological Society Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal
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