books by James Gleick

books by James Gleick

books:

James Gleick

James Gleick

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008

Another excellent book for non-experts
I am not a hard scientist, but I like to have some idea of what is going on in those fields. Books like this one are ideal for people such as me. This book tackles the fascinating field of Chaos Theory. It turns out that certain patterns recur over and over in many ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chaos: Making a New Science

James Gleick

New Millennium Audio, 2002

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.

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.

Genius: Richard Feynman and Modern Physics
James Gleick

Abacus, 1994

For nearly 50 years, until his death in 1988, Richard Feynman's work lay at the heart of the development of modern physics. Always controversial, Feynman was the key physicist from his days as part of the A-bomb-making team at Los Alamos in the early 1940s, until his discovery of the reason for the Challenger space shuttle disaster 40 years later. ...

Faster: Our Race Against Time

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 ...