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Oct 24, 2024 11:31 PM

Author:James Gleick

Chaos

Uncover one of the most exciting frontiers of modern physics in this fascinating, insightful and accessible overview of Chaos theory.

‘An exceedingly readable introduction to a new intellectual world’ Observer

From the turbulence of the weather to the complicated rythmns of the human heart, ‘chaos’ is at the centre of our day to day lives. Cutting across several scientific disciplines, James Gleick explores and elucidates the science of the unpredicatable with an immensely readable narrative style and flair.

‘An awe-inspiring book. Reading Chaos gave me the sensation that someone had just found the light-switch’ Douglas Adams

Reviews

Fascinating... Almost every paragraph contains a jolt

—— New York Times

Highly entertaining...a startling look at newly discovered universal laws

—— Chicago Tribune

One of the industry's most well-known shepherdesses.

—— Emily Ashworth , Farmers Guardian

A fine book...fascinating

—— Economist

Bateson and Martin have delivered what others have claimed to provide: a solid, signposted road out of the trench war between nature and nurture

—— Marek Kohn , Independent

With a clarity of style that belies the complexity of the subject, Patrick Bateson and Paul Martin conduct us through the strategic highways adn tactical byways of individual life history

—— Richard Dawkins

'Exhilarating'

—— Melvyn Bragg , Observer

'As enthralling in its own way as was Darwin's original'

—— Kenan Malik , Independent on Sunday
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