Chaos theory was developed by scientists, trying to explain the movement of the planets and the changes in environmental conditions.

混沌理论是科学家们提出试图用来解释行星运动和环境状况变化的理论。

Kathy, chaos theory seems to be a branch of physics or mathematics.

Kathy，混沌理论好像是物理学还是数学的一个分支。

14. What was chaos theory supposed to do when it was first formulated?

14。混沌理论最初形成的时候，本该是用来做什么的？

Kathy, chaos theory seems to be a branch of physics or mathematics.

凯西，混沌理论貌似是物理学或数学的分支。

Question 14. What was chaos theory supposed to do when it was first formulated?

问题14 混沌理论起先是用来分析什么的？

Conversation Two M: Kathy, chaos theory seems to be a branch of physics or mathematics.

Kathy，混沌理论好像是物理学还是数学的一个分支。

Questions 14. What was chaos theory supposed to do when it was first formulated?

问题14. 混沌理论首次提出时被用来做什么？

In the 1990s, many economists began to look at chaos theory as a way of providing models for forecasting.

二十世纪九十年代，很多经济学家都开始把混沌理论当做一种提供预测模型的方法。

If only Mary had asked how a toaster works or asked for an explanation of the Chaos theory.

要是玛丽只是问他烤箱的工作原理或者只是让他解释混沌理论那该多好。

Here, she encountered her first computer while developing software to support research into the new field of chaos theory.

在这儿，她首次接触了电脑，开发了支援研究混沌理念这个新领域的软件。

In the 1990s, many economists began to look at chaos theory as a way of providing models for forecasting. 20

世纪90年代，很多经济学家开始将混沌理论看做可为预测提供模型的途径。

An increasing number. In the 1990s, many economists began to look at chaos theory as a way of providing models for forecasting.

越来越多。上世纪90年代，许多经济学家开始将混沌理论作为提供预测模型的一种方法。

An increasing number. In the 1990s, many economists began to look at chaos theory as a way of providing models for forecasting.

越来越多。上世纪90年代，许多经济学家开始将混沌理论作为提供预测模型的一种方法。

Kathy, chaos theory seems to be a branch of physics or mathematics. You are an economist, so how does it influence your work?

凯西，混沌理论好像是物理学或数学的分支。作为经济学家，这一理论对你的工作有何影响？

It's a lot like the so-called " butterfly effect" — a term coined by meteorologist Edward Lorenz in the 1960's to explain chaos theory.

这与所谓的“蝴蝶效应”颇为相似，而“蝴蝶效应”是上世纪60年代气象学家 Edward Lorenz 用来解释混沌理论而创造的词语。

Kathy, chaos theory seems to be a branch of physics or mathematics. You are an economist, so how does it influence your work?

凯西，混沌理论好像是物理学或数学的分支。作为经济学家，这一理论对你的工作有何影响？

Which leads us to Chaos theory.

这引出了混沌理论。

The butterfly effect is a part of chaos theory, suggesting that a small change in one state can result in larger differences in a later state.

蝴蝶效应是混沌理论的一部分，说明一种状态的微小变化可能导致随后状态的巨大变化。

But, see, chaos theory isn't exactly about chaos.

但是 要知道 混沌理论不单单是关于混乱的。

Chaos theory is the description of large complex systems and how small differences in initial conditions can lead to very different final outcomes.

混沌理论描述的是大型复杂系统以及初始条件的微小差异如何导致非常不同的最终结果。