Answer by Harun Šiljak, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, on Quora:. Nonlinear systems come in all shapes and sizes. Linear dynamics is a useful abstraction, but if you look long enough at any real ...

The distinction between linear and nonlinear phenomena is everywhere in the sciences and engineering. But what exactly does it mean? Suppose that, without much effort, you can toss a tennis ball ...

In a review just published in Nature Materials, researchers take aim at the oldest principle in electronics: Ohm's law.