MIT prof Edward Lorenz, father of chaos theory, dies at 90

Edward Lorenz, an MIT meteorologist who tried to explain why it is so hard to make good weather forecasts and wound up unleashing a scientific revolution called chaos theory, died April 16 of cancer at his home in Cambridge. He was 90.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news127584696.html">MIT prof Edward Lorenz, father of chaos theory, dies at 90</a></p> <p>Edward Lorenz, an MIT meteorologist who tried to explain why it is so hard to make good weather forecasts and wound up unleashing a scientific revolution called chaos theory, died April 16 of cancer at his home in Cambridge. He was 90.</p>