It is often said that grief isn’t linear; it doesn’t plod in a predictable straight line, but takes terrible twists and turns, rearing up without warning.

non-linear forces. Significant attempts have been made to extend this theory into the realm of living (self-replicating) organisms.

A linear relationship may be contrasted with a polynomial or non-linear (curved ... either in a graphical format or as a mathematical equation of the form y = mx + b. Linear relationships are ...

Linear narratives are the most common form. Sometimes, however, a film might work better with a non-linear plot which presents some or all of the events in a non-chronological order. Sometimes ...

Unlike the classical equations, which are nonlinear, the Schrödinger equation is linear. This linearity gives quantum mechanics some of its uniquely non-classical characteristics, such as the ...

Some employees are breaking up their working days into a few hours at a time, doing tasks flexibly and asynchronously in the new world of work. For decades, the workday has generally meant ...

Figure 2 A schematic of simulated I 2 C drivers, pullup resistors and bus capacitances, without (old) and with (new) connection to the autonomous non-linear pullup circuit. When the driver turns off ...