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Iteration
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Introduction
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The Butterfly Effect
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Randomness?
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The Logistic Differential Equation
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Logistic Equation with Harvest
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Introduction
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Universality in Physical Systems
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Lotka Volterra Differential Equations
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Diffusion
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Summary and Overview
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Interview: Stephen H. Kellert
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Interview: Stephen W. Morris
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Themes and Conclusions
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Farewell
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3.3 The Butterfly Effect » Video 5 (7:25) Download Video Subtitles & Transcripts Slides for this lecture
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Robert C. Hilborn, Sea gulls, butterflies, and grasshoppers: A brief history of the butterfly effect in nonlinear dynamics. American Journal of Physics. 72(4):425. 2004.
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