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Edward Norton Lorenz

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American mathematician and meteorologist (1917-2008)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1917 to 2008 · aged 90
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Edward Norton Lorenz was an American mathematician and meteorologist who established the theoretical basis of weather and climate predictability, as well as the basis for computer-aided atmospheric physics and meteorology.

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2004Buys Ballot Medal
2004Lomonosov Gold Medal
2000International Meteorological Organization Prize
1992Roger Revelle Medal
1991Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences
1990Foreign Member of the Royal Society
1989Elliott Cresson Medal
1983Crafoord Prize in Geosciences
1973Symons Gold Medal
1969Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal

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Syukuro ManabeAlso won Roger Revelle MedalIsrael GelfandAlso won Kyoto Prize in Basic SciencesRobert H. DickeAlso won Elliott Cresson MedalIvan VinogradovAlso won Lomonosov Gold MedalW. D. HamiltonAlso won Kyoto Prize in Basic SciencesMartin ChalfieAlso won Lomonosov Gold Medal

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Edward Norton Lorenz was an American mathematician and meteorologist who established the theoretical basis of weather and climate predictability, as well as the basis for computer-aided atmospheric physics and meteorology. He founded modern chaos theory, a branch of mathematics focusing on the behavior of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions.

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United States
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Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 2008 · aged 90
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29 languages

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