James Gleick
Author of Chaos: Making a New Science
About the Author
He wrote the worldwide bestseller Chaos, which was nominated for the National Book Award. He was the 1990 McGraw Distinguished Lecturer at Princeton University. (Publisher Provided) James Gleick was born in New York City on August 1, 1954. He received a degree in English and linguistics from show more Harvard College in 1976. He helped found Metropolis, an alternative weekly newspaper in Minneapolis. After the newspaper folded, he worked for ten years as an editor and reporter for The New York Times. In 1989-1990, he was the McGraw Distinguished Lecturer at Princeton University. He has written several books including Chaos: Making a New Science, Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman, Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything, What Just Happened: A Chronicle from the Information Frontier, and The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by James Gleick
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Associated Works
Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society (2010) — Contributor — 1,029 copies
Hebbes 1 — Contributor — 2 copies
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- Canonical name
- Gleick, James
- Legal name
- Gleick, James
- Birthdate
- 1954-08-01
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA (birth)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - Education
- Harvard University (English and Linguistics | 1976)
- Occupations
- journalist
author
biographer - Organizations
- The New York Times
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Key West Literary Seminar - Awards and honors
- PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award (2012)
Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books (2012) - Agent
- Michael Carlisle
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Chaos: The Making of a New Science by James Gleick
A bit dated but still comprehensive of the history of chaos theory, nicely illustrated and well written. From 1989 it does seem a bit breathless at times, but covers the breadth of the discoveries nicely.
A survey of time travel literature alongside a look at how the “science “ evolved along with it. Thoughtful and fun, no intensive understanding of physics needed
This book captures a specific period in history where booming technology came with many promises.
Looking back this book foreshadows the problems arising from this technopositive exhuberance whose price is paid in externalities of resource waste and fragmented sense of shared evidence based reality.
Looking back this book foreshadows the problems arising from this technopositive exhuberance whose price is paid in externalities of resource waste and fragmented sense of shared evidence based reality.
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