Michael Crichton Quotes
All Right," Malcolm Said. "Let's Go Back To The Beginning." He Paused, Staring At The Ceiling. "Physics Has Had Great Success At Describing Certain Kinds Of Behavior: Planets In Orbit, Spacecraft Going To The Moon, Pendulums And Springs And Rolling Balls, That Sort Of Thing. The Regular Movement Of Objects. These Are Described By What Are Called Linear Equations, And Mathematicians Can Solve Those Equations Easily. We've Been Doing It For Hundreds Of Years." "Okay," Gennaro Said. "But There Is Another Kind Of Behavior, Which Physics Handles Badly. For Example, Anything To Do With Turbulence. Water Coming Out Of A Spout. Air Moving Over An Airplane Wing. Weather. Blood Flowing Through The Heart. Turbulent Events Are Described By Nonlinear Equations. They're Hard To Solve - In Fact, They're Usually Impossible To Solve. So Physics Has Never Understood This Whole Class Of Events. Until About Ten Years Ago. The New Theory That Describes Them Is Called Chaos Theory.
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