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“Did you notice how much quieter it was last week when Daemonar was visiting his uncle?” Lucivar asked. “Oh, I think everyone in Riada noticed how much quieter it was,” Marian replied. “But he is your son, after all.”
“IN THE MIND’S EYE, a fractal is a way of seeing infinity.”
― Chaos: Making a New Science
― Chaos: Making a New Science
“They believed that prediction was just a function of keeping track of things. If you knew enough, you could predict anything. That's been cherished scientific belief since Newton.'
And?'
Chaos theory throws it right out the window.”
― Jurassic Park
And?'
Chaos theory throws it right out the window.”
― Jurassic Park
“Ideas that require people to reorganize their picture of the world provoke hostility.”
― Chaos: Making a New Science
― Chaos: Making a New Science
“to call the study of chaos “nonlinear science” was like calling zoology “the study of non elephant animals.”
― Chaos: Making a New Science
― Chaos: Making a New Science
“Lorenz saw it differently. Yes, you could change the weather. You could make it do something different from what it would otherwise have done. But if you did, then you would never know what it would otherwise have done. It would be like giving an extra shuffle to an already well-shuffled pack of cards. You know it will change your luck, but you don’t know whether for better or worse.”
― Chaos: Making a New Science
― Chaos: Making a New Science
Ian Kuhn’s 2025 Year in Books
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