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Country United States Publication date October 29, 1987 Pages 400 pp. Originally published 1987 Publisher Viking Press OCLC 59649776 | 4/5 Goodreads Language English Media type Print, e-book ISBN 0-7493-8606-1 Genre Popular science | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominations Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, National Book Award for Nonfiction Similar James Gleick books, Physics books, Chaos theory books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full book chaos making a new science
Chaos: Making a New Science is a debut non-fiction book by James Gleick that initially introduced the principles and early development of the chaos theory to the public. 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. The book was published on October 29, 1987 by Viking Books.
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James gleick on chaos making a new science
Overview
The first popular book about chaos theory, it describes the Mandelbrot set, Julia sets, and Lorenz attractors without using complicated mathematics. It portrays the efforts of dozens of scientists whose separate work contributed to the developing field. The text remains in print and is widely used as an introduction to the topic for the mathematical laymen. An enhanced ebook edition was released by Open Road Media in 2011, adding embedded video and hyperlinked notes.
Reception
Robert Sapolsky said that, along with Baby Beluga, Chaos has had the greatest influence on his life.