{"product_id":"9781453210475","title":"Chaos: Making a New Science","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe “highly entertaining” \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, which explains chaos theory and the butterfly effect, from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Information\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For centuries, scientific thought was focused on bringing order to the natural world. But even as relativity and quantum mechanics undermined that rigid certainty in the first half of the twentieth century, the scientific community clung to the idea that any system, no matter how complex, could be reduced to a simple pattern. In the 1960s, a small group of radical thinkers began to take that notion apart, placing new importance on the tiny experimental irregularities that scientists had long learned to ignore. Miniscule differences in data, they said, would eventually produce massive ones—and complex systems like the weather, economics, and human behavior suddenly became clearer and more beautiful than they had ever been before.\u003c\/p\u003eIn this seminal work of scientific writing, James Gleick lays out a cutting edge field of science with enough grace and precision that any reader will be able to grasp the science behind the beautiful complexity of the world around us. With more than a million copies sold, \u003ci\u003eChaos\u003c\/i\u003e is “a groundbreaking book about what seems to be the future of physics” by a writer who has been a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, the author of \u003ci\u003eTime Travel: A History\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGenius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128676598000,"sku":"9781453210475","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453210475_p0.jpg?v=1763848953","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453210475","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}