6.3 Where has chaos been found or used?
•PHYSICS
•Particle
accelerators Quantum
mechanics
•Turbulence
and convection
Lasers, nonlinear
optics
•ASTRONOMY and
EARTH SCIENCE
•Gaps
in the asteroid belt
Tumbling of Hyperion
•Earth's
magnetic reversals Weather and climate
•CHEMISTRY
•Atomic & molecular dynamics
Pattern formation
•Flames and combustion Reaction
kinetics
•BIOLOGY and
MEDICINE
•Populations,
natural selection Disease
epidemics
•Irregularities
of the heartbeat Brain rhythms
•ENGINEERING and
ELECTRONICS
•Flight dynamics in air and space
Capsize of ships
•Actuators, controls and gears Electronic
circuits
•Communications, encryption Power
supply, black-outs @