Happy Catastrophe
Are catastrophes avoidable? Are wars or even family rows inevitable? What do an inflation explosion and a moth's wing have in common?
With the help of Professor Christopher Zeeman , tonight's Horizon shows that surprisingly we have come much closer to being able to avoid catastrophes through a new discovery in mathematics -Catastrophe theory. This reveals that wars, family rows and even moths' wings all unfold in the same way. The theory describes the shape of all possible unfoldings and therefore of these and all other conflicts.
Narrator WILLIAM FRANKLYN
Film editor TED WALTER Editor PETER GOODCHILD Producer DENIS POSTLE