On Oct 12, 11:31 am, "Michael Tobis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > D'oh! > > Apparently the rumor is incorrect, because Ed Lorenz just got the physics > prize! > > mt
Nope, The 2007 prize went to the Hard Disk, not the Butterfly Effect. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/ Some news reports got it wrong, but how the heck did they get this quote?: <<"The principle contribution has been to recognize that the weather is chaotic, meaning that small undetectable differences in the present weather can" throw off single forecasts, he told The Associated Press by telephone.>> http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/14298893/detail.html They must have mis-read this speculative AP story about who might win: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jfd80SAl1I4bG636r37pphbRPEcQD8S5HOTG1 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
