The Secret Life of Chaos
Chaos theory conjures up images of unpredictable weather, economic crashes and science gone wrong. But there is a fascinating and hidden side to chaos, one that scientists are only now beginning to understand.
But it turns out that Chaos Theory answers a question that
humankind has been asking for millennia: How did we get here?
In this one hour film, produced by Furnace Limited for BBC4,
Professor Jim Al-Khalili sets out to uncover one of the great
mysteries of science how does a universe that starts off as dust
end up with intelligent life? How does order emerge from
disorder?
Its a mind bending, counterintuitive and for many people, deeply
troubling idea. But over a breathtaking sixty minutes Professor
Al-Khalili reveals the science behind much of the beauty and
structure in the natural world and discovers that far from it being
magic or an act of God, it is in fact an intrinsic part of the laws
of physics. Amazingly it turns out that the mathematics of Chaos
can explain how and why the universe creates exquisite order and
pattern.
And the best thing?
You dont need to be a scientist to understand it.
The natural world is full of awe-inspiring examples of the way nature transforms simplicity into complexity. From trees to clouds to humans once youve seen The Secret Life of Chaos youll never be able to look at the world in the same way again.
