CA's are blocks of cells, in which the state of each cell depends on the state of the surrounding cells in the previous time period. The game of Life is an example of cellular automata. Back to the top of the page General Chaos Chaos theory, as seen above, deals with everything from self similar pictures, to economics, to virtual ants, to evolution. Chaos is a relatively new science, so there are many fields yet to be explored. Basically, chaos deals with uncertainty and ordered randomness.
Chaos even explains the roughness of the earth's surface.