The millioncopy bestseller by national book award nominee and pulitzer prize finalist james gleick the author of time travel. The millioncopy bestseller by national book award nominee and pulitzer prize finalist james gleickthe author of time travel. It was a finalist for the national book award and the pulitzer prize in 1987, and was shortlisted for the science book prize in 1989. James gleick is our leading chronicler of science and modern technology. James gleick has such a perspective, and signals it in the first word of the title of his new book, the information, using the definite article we. The life and science of richard feynman, and the information. Inscription reads for jonathan, best regards, james gleick the dust wrapper is a little creased at the top otherwise the book is as new.
May 09, 2012 james gleick author of a halfdozen books on science, technology, and culture discusses his latest book the information. Making a new science viking 1987 an aweinspiring book. A history that reveals the science behind chaos theory a work of popular science in the tradition of stephen hawking and carl sagan, this 20thanniversary edition of james gleick s groundbreaking bestseller chaos introduces a whole new readership to chaos theory. James gleick born august 1, 1954 is an american author, journalist, and biographer, whose books explore the cultural ramifications of science and technology. For one thing, i am 30 years older and my brain that much slower. Synthesis leads to elucidation leads to stunning, original insight. In an ambitious and largely successful essay in popularization, james gleick, a science reporter for the new york times, has written a taut and exciting account of how this now fashionable field of study has emerged within the past 20 years from a ragbag of unsolved and often shamefully neglected problems in science and mathematics. A work of popular science in the tradition of stephen hawking and carl sagan, this 20thanniversary edition of james gleick s groundbreaking bestseller chaos introduces a whole new readership to chaos theory, one of the most significant waves of scientific knowledge in our time. Information, communication, and information theory. Wells writing and rewriting the fantastic tale that became his first book, an international sensation. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 352 pages and is available in paperback format. The highly entertaining new york times bestseller, which explains chaos theory and the butterfly effect, from the author of the information chicago tribune. James gleick is our leading chronicler of science and technology, the bestselling author of chaos.
To accomplish that he opens the book by discussing the advent of drumming, signals, telegraph, telephone and the computer. Mar 07, 2011 the information, by james gleick, is to the nature, history and significance of data what the beach is to sand. Aug 26, 2008 james gleick was born in new york city in 1954. Making a new science, which was a pulitzer prize and national book award finalist in 1987, and the information. James gleick was an editor and reporter at the new york times for ten years. Apr 09, 2011 james gleick is an accomplished stalker of mysterious ideas. The fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing has stirred dormant memories and produced a bounty of books, films, and exhibitions. Mak ing a new science it may be that all the laws of energy, and all the properties of matter, and all the chemistry of all the colloids are as powerless to explain the body as they are impotent to comprehend the soul. A host of forces were converging to transmute the human understanding of time, some philosophical and some technological the electric telegraph, the steam railroad, the discovery. A historythat reveals the science behind chaos theory a work of popular science in the tradition of stephen hawking and carl sagan, this 20thanniversary edition of james gleick s groundbreaking bestseller chaos introduces a whole new. Three of these books have been pulitzer prize and national book award finalists, and they have been translated into more than twenty languages.
James gleick author of a halfdozen books on science, technology, and culture discusses his latest book the information. James gleick the twentiethanniversary edition of the millioncopyplus 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. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. James gleick books list of books by author james gleick. The life and science of richard feynman, and more on. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. The book was published on october 29, 1987 by viking books. James gleick is our leading chronicler of science and technology, and the author of chaos and genius, both nominated for the national book award, and isaac newton, which was shortlisted for the pulitzer prize. Wellss time machine for an invigorating ride through the most baffling of the four dimensions. Artisans of shoes or tables or even clocks can make things exquisite and precise, but their precision was very much for the few, simon winchester writes. Elon musk is marketing moon trips to the superrich, and jeff bezos says we should colonize the moon to save the earth. Alongside relativity and quantum mechanics, it is being hailed as the 20th centurys third revolution. As gleick reveals, each changing technology brings new ways of organising information, from libraries to phone books.
Gleicks books include the international bestsellers chaos. The genius of machine toolsas opposed to mere machineslies in their repeatability. May 17, 2011 james gleicks new book, the information. Mak ing a new science has 6 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The average author, full of himself, would probably write about 1,191 pages and you wouldnt be able to lift the book. Wilson literary science writing awardfrom the bestselling author of the acclaimed chaos and genius comes a thoughtful and provocative exploration of the big ideas of the modern era. James gleick is an author and essayist who writes about science and technology and their cultural consequences.
We sort the mail, build sandcastles, solve jigsaw puzzles, separate wheat from chaff, rearrange chess pieces, collect stamps, alphabetize books. Apr 29, 2011 some worried that the telegraph would be the death of newspapers, james gleick observes in this fascinating book, but newspapers could not wait to put the new technology to work. Jeffrey brown talks to the author about how the information superhighway. He worked for ten years as an editor and reporter for the new york times, founded an early internet portal, the pipeline, and has written several books of popular science, including the information. I think i would have enjoyed this book more if i had read it 30 years ago, closer to when it was written. Making a new science ebook written by james gleick. John banville james gleick is a master historian of ideas no one else can do what he does. For centuries, scientific thought was focused on bringing order to the natural world. Making a new science, which popularized the idea of the butterfly effect. Meanwhile, technocrat billionaires have helped catalyze a new moon race. Mar 08, 2011 bit by bit, the information reveals everything at the core of everything lies a binary onoff switch, says james gleick, the author of a new book called the information.
His books have been translated into thirty languages. A history that reveals the science behind chaos theory a work of popular science in the tradition of stephen hawking and carl sagan, this 20thanniversary edition of james gleick s groundbreaking bestseller chaos introduces a whole new readership. Mak ing a new science is a debut nonfiction book by james gleick that initially introduced the principles and early development of the chaos theory to the public. Time travel is another of james gleicks superb, unclassifiable booksrich in obscure and illuminating information, laced with lyricism, wit, and startling and convincing insights. The main characters of this science, non fiction story are. James gleick s story begins at the turn of the 20th century, with the young h. Making a new science by james gleick 1988, paperback. In this seminal work of scientific writing, james gleick lays out a cutting edge field of science with enough grace and precision that any reader will be able to. Oct 29, 1987 james gleick born august 1, 1954 is an american author, journalist, and biographer, whose books explore the cultural ramifications of science and technology. A historythat reveals the science behind chaos theory a work of popular science in the tradition of stephen hawking and carl sagan, this 20thanniversary edition of james gleick s groundbreaking bestseller chaos introduces a whole new readership.
Twentyfive years ago, a young harvard liberalarts graduate named james gleick, then working for the new york times, became fascinated by an emerging body of science that examined the world not as an orderly chain of being but as a complex, scarcely predictable, sometimes scarcely comprehensible mess of events. I though galileos daughter was the best book i read last year, and this one is a close second. His first book, chaos, a national book award finalist, has been translated into twentyfive languages. John banville james gleick is a master historian of ideasno one else can do what he does. James gleick explains the theories behind the fascinating new science called chaos. In his enthralling new book, james gleick mounts h. Reading it gave me that sensation that someone had just found the light switch. Recent and archived work by james gleick for the new york times. It is an exploration not only of the theoretical phenomenon of time travel but of our understanding of time itself.
James gleick on his new book the information youtube. See all books authored by james gleick, including chaos. He graduated from harvard college in 1976 and helped found metropolis, an alternative weekly newspaper in minneapolis. He is the author of genius, chaos, which was nominated for the national book award and the pulitzer prize, faster, and what just happened. A history, a theory, a flood, with jonathan zittrain. First it was a heavenly bodya beacon, or a world, a place where. Making a new science it may be that all the laws of energy, and all the properties of matter, and all the chemistry of all the colloids are as powerless to explain the body as they are impotent to comprehend the soul. The life and science of richard feynman and isaac newton, were shortlisted for the pulitzer prize. Time travel is another of james gleick s superb, unclassifiable books rich in obscure and illuminating information, laced with lyricism, wit, and startling and convincing insights. His books have been translated into 30 more about james gleick. Recognized for his writing about complex subjects through the techniques of narrative nonfiction, he has been called one of the great science writers of all time.
His first book, chaos 1987, provided a compelling introduction to a new science of disorder, unpredictability and complex systems. A history, a theory, a flood, which won the royal societys winton prize for science and pens hesselltiltman history prize in 2012, among several others. From edward lorenzs discovery of the butterfly effect, to. Mak ing a new science ebook written by james gleick. Making a new science is a debut nonfiction book by james gleick that initially introduced the principles and early development of the chaos theory to.
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