Edward Norton Lorenz
American mathematician and meteorologist
Edward Norton Lorenz 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. Wikipedia
Born: May 23, 1917, West Hartford, CT
Died: April 16, 2008 (age 90 years), Cambridge, MA
Known for: Chaos theory; Butterfly effect; Lorenz attractor; Lorenz energy cycle; Lorenz 96 model
Awards: Buys Ballot Medal, Elliott Cresson Medal, Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences, and more
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1946–1948), Harvard University (1938–1941), and Dartmouth College (1938)
Doctoral students: Kevin E. Trenberth; William D. Sellers