Chaos Theory
He was one of the pioneers of chaos theory and his work at University of California, Santa Cruz on the subject was among the first research into the relationship between predictable motion and chaos in a landmark PhD thesis.
As Part of the Dynamical Systems Collective with J. Doyne Farmer, Norman Packard, and James Crutchfield. The Collective, a.k.a. the Santa Cruz Chaos Cabal, was best known for its work in probing chaotic systems for signs of order.
Read more about this topic: Robert Shaw (physicist)
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