Quanta Magazine(@QuantaMagazine):In the 1960s, Christopher Zeeman helped popularize catastrophe theory. It was all the rage; people called on it to describe everything from bridge collapses to prison riots to regime changes. The hype soon fizzled. But the underlying concepts didn’t. https://t.co/Uj2ItX1tSo

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In the 1960s, Christopher Zeeman helped popularize catastrophe theory. It was all the rage; people called on it to describe everything from bridge collapses to prison riots to regime changes. The hype soon fizzled. But the underlying concepts didn’t.