His latest book, The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood,was published in March 2011. It helps us in understanding the complexity of problems and the best means of solving it. Gleick’s prominent works include Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman, Isaac Newton, and Chaos: Making a New Science, all of which were shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize.This is one of the first books that was ever written on the chaos theory, and has also been nominated for various book prizes.In this book, 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. A work of popular science in the tradition of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan, this 20th-anniversary edition of James Gleick’s groundbreaking bestseller book introduces a whole new readership to chaos theory, one of the most significant waves of scientific knowledge in our time.įrom 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.
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