biography
| name: |
Lorenz, Edward N(orton)
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pronunciation:
[lorens]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1917– )
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| biography:
| Meteorologist, born in West Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1946, he was the first to describe what is known as ‘deterministic chaos’ as a shaper of weather, and was the originator of the term ‘the butterfly effect’ - the flapping wings of a butterfly in China could alter the weather over America a few days later. Among other major meteorology awards, he received the 1991 Kyoto Prize. |
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