Have you ever wondered why a leaf or tree is shaped the way it is? Can science explain the seemingly randomness of nature? This book will make your imagination run wild. Pure science meets Mother Nature. I would read from this book each night before I went to bed and then just dream about the possibilities. This is one of the most thought provoking books I have ever read. I grab this book off the shelf at least once a month and just thumb through it again to revisit some of the ideas. His exp...

An awesome read, I did implement that logistic equation, it was fun. Fractal was not new concept to me but history behind that was really fascinating. Paradigm shift was good thing. In my opinion we should have this type of Novel to be included in curriculum of science students during their elementary years. It will really give them an insight what actually led to that discovery. We are social animals and we tend to look for inspiration in our surroundings and this book can really do that part.

Brilliant book, very readable, works best combined with the audiobook.

Chaos is a new science that thrives in the realm that traditional science chooses to neglect.

James Gleick's coverage is full of real life applications. This is a good book for someone who wants to understand Chaos Theory but does not know where to start.

Chaos is more than a science that it contains the essence of philosophy. Chaos consolidates many other fields like topology, meteorology, ecology etc. with Mathematics and physics in a point. Its an indredible book that speaks of those Scientists and physicist who ran after the process of becoming insted of being a state. CHAOS itself a word that attracts a mind and what it contains, compel to think - even rethink - about whatever around us.

If you are interested in reading a book like a smaller version of your course book it will amaze you with beauty of explaining science in simple language.

If you love Physics! You must read this book. It is very very awesome.
Worth reading. Content is straight forward and not at all fuzzy.

Read it once. you love to read it again and again.

OMG!!!!!What an awesome book this is!!

Good book. Bad printing.

I read this book because I was interested in CHAOS from the academic perspective too. And I was aware of the phenomenon from my first course in nonlinear systems.
The book starts off beautifully describing chaos as a phenomena. The temporal sequence topic is somehow good and easy to understand and don't expect many technical details, its a novel and has kept up with the purpose of a novel, that is "to entertain".

Best to read