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Tim Palmer discusses Ed Lorenz the man and his work, and compares and contrasts the meaning of the 'Butterfly Effect' as most people understand it today, and as Lorenz himself intended it to mean.

Meteorologist Ed Lorenz was one of the founding fathers of chaos theory. In 1963 he showed with just three simple equations that the world around us could be both completely deterministic and yet practically unpredictable. In the 1990s, Lorenz's work was popularised by science writer James Gleick who used the phrase "The Butterfly Effect" to describe Lorenz's work. The notion that the flap of a butterfly's wings could change the course of weather was an idea that Lorenz himself used. However, he used it to describe something much more radical -- he didn't know whether the Butterfly Effect was true or not.

Tim Palmer is Royal Society Research Professor in Climate Physics at the University of Oxford.

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The Secrets of Mathematics

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Date Added: 18/05/2017

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Professor Richard Hobbs

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Trust the Evidence

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Dr. Kamal R. Mahtani, Deputy Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, in conversation with Professor Richard Hobbs, Head of Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Director of NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, and National Director of NIHR School for Primary Care Research.

Trust the Evidence is a new podcast series presenting conversations with individuals interested in improving healthcare through the use of better evidence.

Send us your thoughts and feedback: cebm@phc.ox.ac.uk.

Edited and produced by Alice Rollinson.

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Department: Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine

Date Added: 18/05/2017

Duration: 00:20:01

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The Hinshelwood Lectures: Bioinspired Materials

When chemistry meets biology, optics and surface science. A 6 part lecture series presented by Professor Joanna Aizenberg.

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MOVING, TEACHING, INSPIRING: The National Trust and University of Oxford in the 21st Century

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Two speakers give their insights into the business of conservation and heritage.

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MOVING, TEACHING, INSPIRING: The National Trust and University of Oxford in the 21st Century

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Date Added: 17/05/2017

Duration: 01:16:51

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A Genre in Crisis: The Novel in 1940s France

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Professor Ann Jefferson discusses the French novel.

The TORCH Crisis, Extremes, and Apocalypse network hosted a talk with Professor Ann Jefferson (French, University of Oxford) on 'A Genre in Crisis: The Novel in 1940s France'. The French novel has twice been deemed to be in crisis over the course of the 20th century, first from the 1890s to the 1920s and then during the 1940s. In this talk I shall be exploring what factors were at stake in this extreme-sounding diagnosis of a literary genre.

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Date Added: 17/05/2017

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Tower Poetry 2017

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Peter McDonald, Vahni Capildeo and Sarah Howe discuss the 2017 Tower Poetry competition.

Tower Poetry started in 2000 when a generous bequest to Christ Church, University of Oxford was made by the late Christopher Tower to stimulate an enjoyment and critical appreciation of poetry, particularly among young people in education, and to challenge people to write their own poetry.