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A butterfly flutters its fragile wings in Texas and the seemingly imperceptible turbulence sets in motion a cascade of effects that culminates in a typhoon in Indonesia. It seems unreal. But the realisation of the butterfly effect as it has been called, is one of the astonishing results of the new science of Chaos.
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52 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −44 min on the typical 96
typical 9652Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
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Streams in 131 countries
+121Released
1990
August 16, 1990
36 years ago
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English
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Directing · 1
- Chris Haws Director
Writing · 1
- David Barlow Writer
Production · 1
- William Woollard Producer
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