  The past decade has seen atomic Bose-Einstein condensates emerge as a
promising prototype system to explore the quantum mechanical form of
turbulence, buoyed by a powerful experimental toolbox to control and manipulate
the fluid, and the amenity to describe the system from first-principles. This
article presents an overview of quantum turbulence in atomic condensates, from
its history and fundamental motivations, its characteristics and key results to
date, and finally to some promising future directions.
