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Chaos - Making a New Science by James GleickISBN-13: 9780670811786
ISBN-10: 0670811785
Publication Date: 10/29/1987
Publisher: Viking Adult
Hardcover
6.2 x 9.3 inches, 354 pages
Few writers distinguish themselves by their ability to write about complicated, even obscure, topics clearly and engagingly. James Gleick, former science writer for The New York Times, resides in this exclusive category. In Chaos, he takes on the job of depicting the first years of the study of chaos, the seemingly random patterns that characterize many natural phenomena. The focus is as much on scientists studying events as chaos itself.
Science readers who have gone through relativity theory, quantum physics, Heisenbergian uncertainty, black holes and the world of quarks and virtual particles only to be stunned by recent Grand Unified Theories (GUTS) will welcome this adventurous attempt to describe the revolutionary science of chaos. "Chaos" is what a handful of theorists steeped in math and computer know-how are… Read More
