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Publisher: Exploratorium
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This video is about the chaotic pendulum exhibit at the Exploratorium science museum in San Francisco. The pendulum has three connected double pendulums. When it is set into motion,…
  
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L. Bradley
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This webpage provides an overview of chaos theory and some of the surrounding ideas such as the Butterfly Effect and strange attractors. It uses many helpful images and diagrams, and…
  
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Publisher: American Physical Society
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Visit this Physics Central feature for historical background for chaos theory. You'll also find descriptions three recent investigations in this field--weather patterns, population…
  
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Physics Central; Publisher: American Physical Society
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Granular materials have properties of both solids and liquids. They include many materials crucial to our economy and to daily life, such as food, building materials, and chemicals.…
  
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Publisher: Goudreau Museum of Mathematics in Art and Science
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Make your own fractal! The fractals available are the fern, the gingerbread man, the Sirpinski Set, and the Mandelbrot Set. Also, you choose the color and the kind of projection.
  
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Publisher: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
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This website introduces chaos and describes how it appears in animal populations and weather. The site also describes fractals and explains the butterfly effect. Images provide…
  
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G. Lois
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This website from the University of California, Santa Barbara explains what granular materials are and UCSB's research in the field. See animations of granular material simulations…
  
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Publisher: Science@NASA
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This article from NASA delves into the strange behavior of bagged blocks of coffee. A vacuum-sealed package of coffee will change from a hard brick to a soft pile of ground beans…
Double Pendulum With Poincare Map Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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W. Christian and D. Hampton
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The Double Pendulum model displays the motion of a two-part pendulum and its Poincare map. A double pendulum is a simple pendulum with another pendulum attached to its end and the…