Editing Mitchell Feigenbaum (section)

== Career ==
After short positions at [[Cornell University]] (1970–1972) and the [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]] (1972–1974), he was offered a longer-term post at the [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]] in [[New Mexico]] to study [[turbulence]] in fluids. He was at Cornell from 1982 to 1986 and then joined [[Rockefeller University]] as Toyota Professor in 1987. Although a complete theory of turbulent fluids remains elusive, Feigenbaum's research paved the way for  [[chaos theory]], providing groundbreaking insight into the many dynamical systems in which scientists and mathematicians find [[List of chaotic maps|chaotic maps]].<ref name=sta/>

In 1983, he was awarded a [[MacArthur Foundation|MacArthur Fellowship]], and in 1986, alongside Rockefeller University colleague [[Albert Libchaber]], he was awarded the [[Wolf Prize in Physics]] "for his pioneering theoretical studies demonstrating the universal character of non-linear systems, which has made possible the systematic study of chaos". He was a member of the Board of Scientific Governors at [[the Scripps Research Institute]]. He remained at [[Rockefeller University]] as Toyota Professor from 1987 until his death.<ref name=sta/>
[[File:LogisticMap BifurcationDiagram.png|thumb|Bifurcation diagram of the logistic map: Feigenbaum noticed in 1975 that the quotient of successive distances between bifurcation events tends to 4.6692...]]