Edward Norton Lorenz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edward Norton Lorenz

American mathematician and meteorologist

Date of Birth: 23-May-1917

Place of Birth: West Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Date of Death: 16-Apr-2008

Profession: mathematician, university teacher, meteorologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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 is best known as the founder of 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.