Edward H. Lorenz

Edward H. Lorenz was a meteorologist and mathematician known for discovering chaos theory. In the early 1960s, he studied weather patterns and found that tiny differences in initial conditions can lead to vastly different outcomes, a phenomenon now called the "butterfly effect." His work showed that complex systems like the weather are inherently unpredictable over long periods. Lorenz’s insights revolutionized understanding in meteorology, mathematics, and physics, highlighting the sensitive dependency of systems on initial states. His research emphasizes that small changes can have significant, unpredictable effects in natural and dynamic systems.