Thames & Kosmos Gecko Run: Marble Run Starter Set handleiding

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The subtle difference

You may have noticed something rather odd while

playing and experimenting with your Gecko Run:

youhave built an exciting track and the marble goes

through it perfectly a few times. But on the next attempt,

the marble suddenly jumps o the track or gets stuck

somewhere. This strange phenomenon can be explained with the help of chaos theory.

THE BUTTERFLY

EFFECT

CHAOS THEORY

Have you heard of the butterfly effect?

This refers to the claim that the flap of

abutterfly’s wings in Brazil can trigger

atornado in Texas. This is not meant to be

taken literally, butratheras an example of

how minute (very small) changes in a system

(like a puff of air from aflap of wings) can

have an enormous effect. Infact, this

phenomenon is especially apparent in

weather patterns, which is why it’s almost

impossible to reliably predict the weather

more than one week into the future.

Your marble follows physical laws that

are identical at all times. In principle,

therefore, your marble should take an

identical path each time. But the reality

is probably different! You may have set

up your track to be dependent on ideal

starting conditions — inother words, by

exactly how you put the marble onto the

track. Tiny differences in initial positioning

can result in the marble hitting a trick

slightly differently, and these deviations

can then be exacerbated until the marble

eventually bounces off the track.

It’s not always obvious when

asystem enters an apparently

chaotic state.

Tiny changes in a system

can have a major impact on

its behavior.

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