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Chaos: Making a New Science
James Gleick
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008
The twentieth-anniversary edition of the million-copy-plus Bestseller THIS EDITION of James Gleick?s groundbreaking bestseller introduces to a whole new readership the story of one of the most significant waves of scientific knowledge in our time. By focusing on the key figures whose genius converged to chart an innovative direction for ...
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Nature's Chaos
Eliot Porter, James Gleick
Little, Brown, 2001
A beautiful work that captures the natural essence of chaos
As a graduate student, there is little time or mental space for pursuits beyond the academe-especially one that does not operate in the verbal realm. At nights, on weekends, and in reveries induced by deoxygenated library atmospheres I am a photographer. An early ...
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Chaos: The New Science (Nobel Conference XXVI)
John Holte, James Gleick, ...
University Press of America, 1993
excellent description of system mathematics
easily read in layman's terms to understand the basic principles of chaos mathematics.
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Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
James Gleick
Vintage, 1993
An original mind
Adopting a definition of the word 'genius' as a 'truly original thinker', Gleick shows throughtout this entertaining book - how Feynman meets this definition. From his work on the Manhattan project to his investigation of the Challenger disaster, Feynman continues to ...
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Isaac Newton
James Gleick
Vintage, 2004
Interesting and well Written
Gleick brought Newton's world to life in this tightly written biography. I felt, though, that it left a lot out. I am interested in reading other biographies of Newton because he seemed so fascinating. It is a glimpse at an amazing figure with some elucidation on ...
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Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything
James Gleick
Vintage, 2000
entertaining collection of observations
Jam-packed with information and covering subjects that range from Richard Feynman's observations of theoretical physics to the rise of MTV, this book reads, well, fastly. I got a kick out of it and learned a lot. It has a very large number of chapters which are not ...
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Chaos: Making a New Science
James Gleick
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1988
Wonderful!
Chaos by James Gleick is a must read if you like keeping up with science or just like reading things that broaden the perspectives of your thinking. Gleick does a masterful job of simplifying the science of Chaos to a level any bright kid can understand while not ...
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What Just Happened: A Chronicle from the Information Frontier
James Gleick
Vintage, 2003
Readable retrospective on the nineties in technology
It's usually a good sign when picking up a collection of essays to find that they have been previously published in some noted periodical such as The New Yorker or Harper's or in this case (with one exception) from The New York Times Magazine. Gleick's focus in these ...
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Faster
James Gleick
Little, Brown, 1999
I could hardly wait to read this book
There's only one bad thing about James Gleick's Faster.. reading it you are constantly aware that you really do live at a much faster rate than you used too.
As always, a detailed look at life from a different perspective. Enjoyed learning about the effects and ...
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Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything
James Gleick
Pantheon, 1999
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CHAOS: MAKING A NEW SCIENCE
JAMES GLEICK
ABACUS, 1988
Must Reading
Being written in a comprehendible language, it is really a nice intelligent book presented and further inspired an innovative complex field of modern science.
No clue, whether a Chaos inventor was bestowed with any prize upon at all.
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Chaos
James Gleick
Scientific American Modern Classics, 2004
Although highly mathematical in origin, chaos is a science of the everyday world, addressing questions every child has wondered about: how clouds form, how smoke rises, how water eddies in a stream.
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The Best American Science Writing 2000 (Four Audiocassettes)
James Gleick
HarperAudio, 2000
Terrific collection
In general, the BEST collections are the best of the best. First, the essays or books have been chosen for publication and then a few are picked for the collection. These are well written and interesting, covering several areas of science. I especially liked Stephen ...
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James Gleick faster the acceleration of just about everything (1999)
Gleick James
Vintage Books, 2000
Twenty-first century life in the fast lane!
James Gleick, author of the bestseller "Chaos" has created another compelling and often disturbing tale of the nature of our society. "Faster" characterizes our modern day thinking as overwhelmingly occupied with notions of time - time management, saving time, using ...
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