Chaos: Making A New Science.

GLEICK, James.

$750.00

Item Number: 140606

New York: The Viking Press, 1987.

First edition of this modern classic in the tradition of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by James Gleick on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart.

Few writers distinguish themselves by their ability to write about complicated, even obscure topics clearly and engagingly. James Gleick, a former science writer for the New York Times, resides in this exclusive category. In Chaos, he takes on the job of depicting the first years of the study of chaos--the seemingly random patterns that characterize many natural phenomena. "An awe-inspiring book. Reading it gave me that sensation othat someone had just found the light switch" (Douglas Adams).