The Lab · Chaos theory

Pendulums

One pendulum swings like a clock. Hang a second one from it and the swing turns wild: it never repeats, and the smallest nudge at the start changes everything later.

Try one

Or pause it and drag any weight to a new starting place, then press Play.

The arms

2

How many at once

1
0.001°

Each copy starts a little further round than the one before, in its own colour. Watch how long they stay together.

The world

9.8
none
1×

Drawing

long