" Written by a science journalist, this is a very readable and accessable to the non-scientist. Also a great explanation of a complicated subject. " a book that really got me thinking about how things relate. " realistically not as good as 'the information' " - Freddie, Others have written better essays on such a topic (in French, though : Atlan for instance, or Prigogine). " Great compilation of the events that led to discovery of a new branch of math and physics " - Alaa, Print versions have good illustrations of fractiles, ferns, coiling smoke, etc. " Tough going at times, but offers a review of the great leap forward in math theory during the 70's and into the 80's. I really wanted to put this book down at points and go play with the math it was talking about, but usually I was reading this while commuting to work, so not the best time to do so. I wish I'd had this book then, because then my paper wouldn't have sucked. " I once wrote a really poor paper on chaos as an elective project for my continuous modeling math class in college. The book covers all of Chaos except for Get Smart. Gleick provides a plethora of mini-bios on all the main characters in the science and steps you through the history. However, with the wide ranging topics of Strange Attractors, Turbulence, Butterfly Effects, Non-Linear Systems, Uncertainty, and Fractals this book lays down a wonderful foundation into Chaos.
" Keep in mind this is an older book published in the late 1980's and science just keeps moving along. " Great science book in "semi-laymens" terms. If you are a novice at science (Like me) you won't get through this one fast. " Very informative, but written to experts. " So influential, on the public at large and a young, fractal enthralled me.
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