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Edward Norton Lorenz

1917 - 2008

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Edward Norton Lorenz (May 23, 1917 – April 16, 2008) 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. His discovery of deterministic chaos "profoundly influenced a wide range of basic sciences and brought about one of the most dramatic changes in mankind's view of nature since Sir Isaac Newton," according to the committee that awarded him the 1991 Kyoto Prize for basic sciences in the field of earth and planetary sciences. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Norton Lorenz is the 180th most popular mathematician (down from 149th in 2019), the 1,386th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,052nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Mathematician.

Edward Norton Lorenz is most famous for his discovery of the butterfly effect.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Edward Norton Lorenz ranks 180 out of 1,004. Before him are Vladimir Arnold, Mary Jackson, John Pell, Felix Hausdorff, Giambattista della Porta, and Zoia Ceaușescu. After him are Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, Étienne Bézout, Simplicius of Cilicia, Édouard Lucas, Alonzo Church, and Jean Gaston Darboux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Edward Norton Lorenz ranks 58. Before him are Danielle Darrieux, Hirokazu Ninomiya, Jack Kirby, Dizzy Gillespie, Kunitaka Sueoka, and Jane Wyman. After him are Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia, Violeta Parra, Leonora Carrington, John Lee Hooker, and Thelonious Monk. Among people deceased in 2008, Edward Norton Lorenz ranks 49. Before him are George Emil Palade, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Joshua Lederberg, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, Thomas Huckle Weller, and Aimé Césaire. After him are Tassos Papadopoulos, Masanobu Fukuoka, Phil Hill, Dino Risi, Dražan Jerković, and Robert Rauschenberg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Norton Lorenz ranks 1,386 out of 20,380. Before him are Martha Washington (1731), Lewis A. Swift (1820), Robert Knepper (1959), Bugsy Siegel (1906), Asher Brown Durand (1796), and Charlie Munger (1924). After him are Sherwood Anderson (1876), Paul Bremer (1941), Thomas Wolfe (1900), Butch Cassidy (1866), George Davis Snell (1903), and Ash Carter (1954).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Edward Norton Lorenz ranks 11. Before him are Herbert A. Hauptman (1917), Jim Simons (1938), Claude Shannon (1916), Paul Cohen (1934), John Tate (1925), and Mary Jackson (1921). After him are Alonzo Church (1903), Karen Uhlenbeck (1942), Richard S. Hamilton (1943), Lloyd Shapley (1923), John G. Thompson (1932), and Jesse Douglas (1897).

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