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In this documentary, Professor Jim Al-Khalili sets out to uncover one of the great mysteries of science - how does a universe that starts off as dust end up with intelligent life? How does order emerge from disorder? It's a mind bending, counter intuitive and for many people a deeply troubling idea. But Professor Al-Khalili reveals the science behind much of beauty and structure in the natural world and discovers that far from it being magic or an act of God, it is in fact an intrinsic part of the laws of physics. Amazingly, it turns out that the mathematics of chaos can explain how and why the universe creates exquisite order and pattern.

The ash cloud produced by the eruption of a sub-glacial volcano in Iceland has brought chaos to the European air industry. Here we explain how and why the crisis developed.

"In 1975, a new word came into use, when a maverick mathematician made an important discovery. So what are fractals? And why are they important? "