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. The tip of a giant iceberg gleick only gives an introduction about the actual science and beauty of chaos. Making a new science by james gleick begins with the most basic knowledge of chaos as it is presented in weather. Wspieraj legalne zrodla zamiast strony typu chomikuj. Chaos poses problems that defy accepted ways of working in science. Chaos theory on its only a theory with andy hamilton and reginald d. The author describes how scientists studying the growth of complexity in nature are discovering order and pattern in chaos. Making a new science by james gleick isbn 0140092501 i in his book, chaos. James gleick has long been fascinated by the making of science how ideas order visible appearances, how equations can give meaning to molecular and stellar phenomena, how theories can transform what we see. However, much of the work on chaotic systems occurs in physics departments. Wilson literary science writing award, and time travel. Its pretty interesting to follow how researchers in different fields somehow discovers how the theory is not as it seems.
Making a new science by james gleick is the story of how chaos theory was popularized in different fields of study. The book was published on october 29, 1987 by viking books. The story of information begins in a time profoundly unlike our own, when every thought and utterance vanishes. Apr 26, 2005 james gleick has long been fascinated by the making of science how ideas order visible appearances, how equations can give meaning to molecular and stellar phenomena, how theories can transform what we see. When he read james gleicks book chaos 1987, arguably the book of the past fifty years that proved most instrumental in introducing a science or concept to the general public, it crystallized his thoughts about how his photographs expressed disorder in nature and eventually led to this book, which is a collaboration between porter and gleick. The millioncopy bestseller by national book award nominee and pulitzer prize finalist james gleickthe author of time travel. In chaos, gleick looks at how the science of chaos was developed. By focusing on the key figures whose genius converged to chart an innovative direction for science, gleick makes the story of chaos theory not only fascinating but also accessible, and opens our eyes to a surprising new view of the. James gleick born august 1, 1954 is an american author, journalist and biographer whose bestselling books include the information. Making a new science, james gleick chronicles the emergence of chaos theory from the first romantic insights to the dire ordeals endured by a few courageous thinkers. For ten years he was an editor at the new york times. Aug 26, 2008 james gleick was born in new york city in 1954. For as long as the world has had physicists inquiring into the laws of nature, it has suffered a special ignorance about disorder in the atmosphere, in the turbulent sea, in the fluctuations of wildlife populations, in the oscillations of the heart and the brain.
In chaos, he takes on the job of depicting the first years of the study of chaosthe seemingly random patterns that characterize many natural phenomena. James gleick quotes 10 science quotes dictionary of. But even as relativity and quantum mechanics undermined that rigid certainty in the first half of the twentieth century, the scientific community. He explains concepts such as nonlinearity, the butterfly effect, universal constants, fractals, and strange attractors, and examines the work of scientists such as mitchell j. Gleick graduated from harvard college, one of two major schools located within harvard university, in 1976. 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. Science quotes by james gleick 10 quotes source astrophysicists closing in on the grand structure of matter and emptiness in the universe are ruling out the meatball theory, challenging the soap bubble theory, and putting forward what may be the strongest theory of.
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