The butterfly effect of the "Butterfly Effect"

Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-288

  Dooley, Kevin J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaos theory; Edward lorenz; Metaphor; Sensitive dependence; Western culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650854470     PISSN: 10900578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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