How Chaos Theory Changed the Universe
Chaos theory shattered the long-held scientific belief in a perfectly predictable, deterministic universe by revealing that even simple systems can exhibit wildly unpredictable behavior due to extreme sensitivity to initial conditions. What we perceive as order is often just fleeting stab
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