caption doctoral_advisor death_date death_place birth_place awards image_size fields workplaces doctoral_students birth_date known_for residence image article_title name alma_mater
edward norton lorenz james murdoch austin 16 april 2008 cambridge , massachusetts , united states west hartford , connecticut , united states crafoord -rrb- lomonosov gold medal -lrb- 2004 -rrb- prize -lrb- 1983 -rrb- kyoto prize -lrb- 1991 180px mathematics and meteorology massachusetts institute of technology kevin e. trenberth 23 may 1917 chaos theory lorenz attractor butterfly effect united states edward lorenz.jpg edward norton lorenz
 edward norton lorenz dartmouth -lrb- master 's , 1940 -rrb- massachusetts institute of technology college -lrb- sm , 1943 ; scd , 1948 -rrb- -lrb- ba , 1938 -rrb- harvard university
edward norton lorenz

edward norton lorenz -lrb- 23 may 1917 -- 16 april 2008 -rrb- was an american mathematician , meteorologist , and a pioneer of chaos theory .
he introduced the strange attractor notion and coined the term `` butterfly effect . ''
