IN HIS 1987 bestseller Chaos: Making a new science, James Gleick introduced chaos theory to the public. Basically, it is the study of nonlinear events and how minuscule actions can cause far-reaching ...
Author, journalist and biographer James Gleick wrote the bestseller Chaos which made 'the butterfly effect' a household phrase, James also wrote Genius, Faster and a biography of Isaac Newton. His ...
Looking for clues about life after Enron? 9/11? Maybe Webvan? You won't find them here. Sure, James Gleick built his rep by wrestling with complexity: His book Chaos made the world safe for the new ...
Publishers Weekly: Backlist to the Future: Open Road Publishes Enhanced E-Book Edition of Gleick’s First Book, 'Chaos'
In his fascinating new book, The Information (Pantheon), renowned author James Gleick, tackles the ever-growing flood of information and the digital technology that is rapidly changing our lives. So ...
Backlist to the Future: Open Road Publishes Enhanced E-Book Edition of Gleick’s First Book, 'Chaos'
Wired: What Just Happened: A Chronicle From the Information Frontier, by James Gleick
What Just Happened: A Chronicle From the Information Frontier, by James Gleick
Chaos was one of the primordial gods and, according to the common tradition, the very first being that came into existence. Best translated as “Abyss” or “Chasm,” Chaos usually assumed the form of a great and indeterminate void.
Erebus, son of Chaos and personification of darkness, was one of the first gods that populated the cosmos. Together with his sister-consort Nyx, Erebus fathered numerous children, representing various personifications and abstractions.
Nyx, daughter of Chaos and personification of the night, was among the first Greek gods of the cosmos. She bore numerous children, both with her brother-consort Erebus as well as on her own, representing various personifications and abstractions.