# Applying Modern Mathematics

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Raymond Flood
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, Biology, Computer science, Society and politics, History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/applying-modern-mathematics)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In 1972 the meteorologist, Edward Lorenz, delivered a lecture with the title Predictability: Does the Flap of a Butterfly’s Wings in Brazil Set off a Tornado in Texas? In this he showed that dynamical systems can exhibit chaotic, seemingly random, behaviour. Many scientists think that this ranks as one of the main scientific advances of the twentieth century together with relativity and quantum theory. I will also talk about how the butterfly effect links chaos and the beautiful geometric objects, fractals.

## Lectures

1. [Butterflies, Chaos and Fractals](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-applying-modern-mathematics/778781193324) (YouTube)
2. [Public Key Cryptography: Secrecy in Public](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-applying-modern-mathematics/07f4c3063b86) (YouTube)
3. [Symmetries and Groups](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-applying-modern-mathematics/d479a1d8f80d) (YouTube)
4. [Surfaces and Topology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-applying-modern-mathematics/2ed115e9edac) (YouTube)
5. [Probability and its Limits](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-applying-modern-mathematics/cad230ecd203) (YouTube)
6. [Modelling the Spread of Infectious Diseases](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-applying-modern-mathematics/dd1cfe46b3f4) (YouTube)