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Chaos

Making a New Science

12 minJames Gleick

What's it about

Ever wonder why life feels so unpredictable, even when you try to plan everything? Discover the hidden order in the chaos of your daily life and learn how the seemingly random patterns in nature, markets, and weather actually follow simple, understandable rules. You'll explore the groundbreaking science of chaos theory and see how it connects everything from a dripping faucet to the rise and fall of empires. Uncover how tiny changes can lead to massive outcomes and learn to spot the underlying structures in the complex systems all around you. This new perspective will change how you see the world and your place within it.

Meet the author

James Gleick is a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist whose acclaimed science writing makes complex ideas accessible to a global audience. A former reporter and editor for The New York Times, his unique ability to distill intricate scientific concepts into compelling narratives grew from his journalistic instinct for finding the human story behind the data. This background allowed him to uncover the revolutionary, cross-disciplinary story of chaos theory, revealing the hidden patterns that govern our world.

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What's it about

Ever wonder why life feels so unpredictable, even when you try to plan everything? Discover the hidden order in the chaos of your daily life and learn how the seemingly random patterns in nature, markets, and weather actually follow simple, understandable rules. You'll explore the groundbreaking science of chaos theory and see how it connects everything from a dripping faucet to the rise and fall of empires. Uncover how tiny changes can lead to massive outcomes and learn to spot the underlying structures in the complex systems all around you. This new perspective will change how you see the world and your place within it.

Meet the author

James Gleick is a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist whose acclaimed science writing makes complex ideas accessible to a global audience. A former reporter and editor for The New York Times, his unique ability to distill intricate scientific concepts into compelling narratives grew from his journalistic instinct for finding the human story behind the data. This background allowed him to uncover the revolutionary, cross-disciplinary story of chaos theory, revealing the hidden patterns that govern our world.

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