Nonlinear Quotations

A view of nature as dense and nonlinear is at the core of our contemporary science. Process and order emerge subtly.

The global climate is a complex interactive system, with all kinds of nonlinear feedback loops.

The plumbing and pluvial dynamics of the Amazon, the largest freshwater system on Earth, are still far from understood. This is partly because it is a semi-open system. Moisture flows in and out unpredictably. A lot of nonlinear feedback loops and 'remote influences' - continental, transcontinental, oceanic, meteorological - come into play.

Machines have the power to become the ultimate interactive art-making tool. Computers are becoming postmodern blenders bringing together images, sound, and interactive, nonlinear space.

Historically, I think we basically just sold time to you, and you just bought time from us. And because of this new nonlinear world of television with all these new options, that's no longer the way we do business.

Man is the only 150 pound nonlinear servomechanism that can be wholly reproduced by unskilled labor.

There are challenges in terms of the measurement of VAR for what are known as nonlinear derivatives, where things like gamma and vega are important dimensions of the risk.

It was in a lot of ways a very experimental project, because the narrative is nonlinear and in some cases, contradictory. We wanted it to feel elusive, unsettled. I thought Courteney would be really good in the part, but I also knew it was sort of hard to explain. I didn't know what she would think,

Human history is highly nonlinear and unpredictable.