David Orrell
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David Orrell (born in Edmonton) is a Canadian mathematician and author who is living in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He received his doctorate in mathematics from the University of Oxford. His work in the prediction of complex systems such as the weather and climate has been featured in New Scientist, London’s Financial Times, and BBC Radio. His theory that errors in weather forecasts are due not to chaos (the "butterfly effect") but to model error stirred up a storm of debate in meteorological circles. He now conducts research in the area of systems biology. He is the son of theatre historian and English professor John Orrell.
His book Apollo's Arrow : The Science of Prediction and the Future of Everything was a national bestseller and finalist for the 2007 Canadian Science Writers' Award.
[edit] Books
- Apollo's Arrow: The Science of Prediction and the Future of Everything (2007). Published in the U.S. as The Future of Everything: The Science of Prediction.
- The Other Side of the Coin: The Emerging Vision of Economics and Our Place in The World (2008).
