Chaos: The Science of the Butterfly Effect

Solar system, 3-body and printout animations by Jonny Hyman Special thanks to Prof. Mason Porter at UCLA who I interviewed for this video. I have long wanted to make a video about chaos, ever since reading James Gleick's fantastic book, Chaos. I hope this video gives an idea of phase space - a...

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