Books by James Gleick

Chaos is a riveting book written by the renowned author James Gleick. Published by Vintage Publishing in 1997, this masterpiece is a must-read for all book lovers. The book falls under the genre of popular science and non-fiction, making it an exciting read for those interested in these categories. Chaos provides a comprehensive insight into the fascinating world of chaos theory. Gleick's masterful storytelling and in-depth research make it an engaging and enlightening read. The book has been appreciated for its clear and accessible style, making complex scientific concepts understandable for the general reader. Published by Vintage Publishing, Chaos has been instrumental in popularizing the concepts of chaos theory. Don't miss out on this enlightening read!

From the acclaimed author of The Information and Chaos, a mind-bending exploration of time travel: its subversive origins, its evolution in literature and science, and its influence on our understanding of time itself. Gleick's story begins at the turn of the twentieth century with the young H. G. Wells writing and rewriting the fantastic tale that became his first book, an international sensation, The Time Machine. 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 of buried civilisations, and the perfection of clocks. Gleick tracks the evolution of time travel as an idea in the culture - from Marcel Proust to Doctor Who, from Woody Allen to Jorge Luis Borges. He explores the inevitable looping paradoxes and examines the porous boundary between pulp fiction and modern physics. Finally, he delves into a temporal shift that is unsettling our own moment: the instantaneous wired world, with its all-consuming present and vanishing future.

Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2012, the world's leading prize for popular science writing.We live in the information age. But every era of history has had its own information revolution: the invention of writing, the composition of dictionaries, the creation of the charts that made navigation possible, the discovery of the electronic signal, the cracking of the genetic code.In 'The Information' James Gleick tells the story of how human beings use, transmit and keep what they know. From African talking drums to Wikipedia, from Morse code to the 'bit', it is a fascinating account of the modern age's defining idea and a brilliant exploration of how information has revolutionised our lives.

* A book about our obsession with time and how we can cram as much as possible into the 1440 minutes of every day.

The life of Richard Feynman and the story of modern physics itself.

From one of the best writers on science, a remarkable portrait of Isaac Newton. The man who changed our understanding of the universe, of science, and of faith.