...Only a new kind of science could begin to cross the
great gulf between knowledge of what one thing does---one water molecule, one cell of heart tissue, one neuron---
and what millions of them do..."
CHAOS! THE WORLD IS FULL OF IT. It's twisted and tangled,
but it's an organizing principle. It's a contradiction in
terms, but so's the rest of reality. It's in us, and in
everything. From the puffs of dust swirling in your room,
to the galactic dust swirling around us in space. It's
what Newton didn't see, and is only now being explored.
It's the nature of the universe!
Alright, this is
just the briefest little overview of chaos theory. I'm no
expert, but I do find it fascinating so I thought I'd share.
If you'd like to know more [*gasp!*] by the end, read the book up there, by
James Gleik - trust me, you almost forget it's not fiction.
(it's a FANTASTIC read, given to me by a professor I had a seminar with, Professor Stent [thank you!].
He gives you a whole new perspective).
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"It turns out that an eerie type of chaos can lurk just behind a facade of order
--and yet deep inside the chaos lurks an eerier type of order."
--Douglas Hofstadter