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In the 1970s, the founding parents of the Chaos Theory began to manipulate non-linear equations often dealing with meteorology. Since then Chaos Theory has found wide acceptance in all areas of science, business, and even popular culture. Chaos is formally defined as the study of complex non-linear dynamic systems. Complex: a multitude of variables and equations within equations. Non-linear: the equation cannot be solved like your program code. Dynamic: ever-changing, depending upon perspective. If this sounds confusing up to the point of being chaotic, yet at the same time seems to define real life, you're getting the hang of it! The pragmatic effect of Chaos is that sciences, through non-linear mapping, are better able to work together in conditions that are corrupted by living systems. Consider two researchers, a physicist (incidentally a rabbi), and a biologist (okay.. yes he's a priest). The rabbi is studying wild ducks' flight ability, while the priest is intrigued with wild ducks' mating habits. Ordinarily, if these two met each other on the local pond, they would do little more than raise a few pointed theological questions. The local mathematician (a minister), however, finds a way to explain the data discrepancies the two researchers have hitherto blamed on corrupted data caused by non-laboratory conditions. Thanks to Chaos Theory they create an equation that explains why wild duck flight patterns become more erratic (read: erotic) during mating season. On a side note, they could not find an equation that could incorporate all religions and/or Saturday morning cartoons. This sort of cooperation occurs every day with the help of the life-describing non-linear equation. To the date of this edition of the guide, however, no equation has yet equaled 42. ;-)