Chaos: Making a New Science

The million-copy bestseller by National Book Award nominee and Pulitzer Prize finalist James Gleick--the author of Time...
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Chaos: Making a New Science by Gleick, James

Chaos: Making a New Science

$52.10

Chaos: Making a New Science

$52.10
Author: James Gleick
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The million-copy bestseller by National Book Award nominee and Pulitzer Prize finalist James Gleick--the author of Time Travel: A History--that reveals the science behind chaos theory

A work of popular science in the tradition of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan, this 20th-anniversary edition of James Gleick's groundbreaking bestseller Chaos introduces a whole new readership to chaos theory, one of the most significant waves of scientific knowledge in our time. From Edward Lorenz's discovery of the Butterfly Effect, to Mitchell Feigenbaum's calculation of a universal constant, to Benoit Mandelbrot's concept of fractals, which created a new geometry of nature, Gleick's engaging narrative focuses on the key figures whose genius converged to chart an innovative direction for science. In Chaos, Gleick makes the story of chaos theory not only fascinating but also accessible to beginners, and opens our eyes to a surprising new view of the universe.

Author: James Gleick
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 09/01/2008
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780143113454
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 06/01/2009 pg. 12

About the Author
James Gleick was born in New York City in 1954. He worked for ten years as an editor and reporter for The New York Times, founded an early Internet portal, the Pipeline, and has written several books of popular science, including The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood, which won the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, and Time Travel: A History. He lives in Key West and New York.

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