Chaos
Making a New Science
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Narrated by:
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Rob Shapiro
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Written by:
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James Gleick
About this listen
James Gleick explains the theories behind the fascinating new science called chaos. Alongside relativity and quantum mechanics, it is being hailed as the 20th century's third revolution.
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The Information
- A History, a Theory, a Flood
- Written by: James Gleick
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
James Gleick, the author of the best sellers Chaos and Genius, now brings us a work just as astonishing and masterly: A revelatory chronicle and meditation that shows how information has become the modern era’s defining quality - the blood, the fuel, the vital principle of our world. The story of information begins in a time profoundly unlike our own, when every thought and utterance vanishes as soon as it is born.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So, hear me out...
- By Quenton on 2019-09-26
Written by: James Gleick
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Time Travel
- A History
- Written by: James Gleick
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5
James Gleick's story begins at the turn of the 20th century, with the young H. G. Wells writing and rewriting the fantastic tale that became his first book, an international sensation: The Time Machine. A host of forces were converging to transmute the human understanding of time, some philosophical and some technological - the electric telegraph, the steam railroad, the discovery of buried civilizations, and the perfection of clocks.
Written by: James Gleick
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The Fourth Turning
- What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny
- Written by: William Strauss, Neil Howe
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 19 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
First comes a High, a period of confident expansion. Next comes an Awakening, a time of spiritual exploration and rebellion. Then comes an Unraveling, in which individualism triumphs over crumbling institutions. Last comes a Crisis—the Fourth Turning—when society passes through a great and perilous gate in history. William Strauss and Neil Howe will change the way you see the world—and your place in it. With blazing originality, The Fourth Turning illuminates the past, explains the present, and reimagines the future.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Worth the time more than once
- By Daniel on 2024-01-23
Written by: William Strauss, and others
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Behave
- The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
- Written by: Robert Sapolsky
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom
- Length: 26 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 180
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 141
From the celebrated neurobiologist and primatologist, a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior, both good and bad, and an answer to the question: Why do we do the things we do? Sapolsky's storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic: He starts by looking at the factors that bear on a person's reaction in the precise moment a behavior occurs, and then hops back in time from there, in stages, ultimately ending up at the deep history of our species and its evolutionary legacy.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Overall Excellent, But Maybe Overly Broad in Scope
- By J. Horyski on 2019-11-16
Written by: Robert Sapolsky
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Complexity
- The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
- Written by: M. Mitchell Waldrop
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Length: 17 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6
In a rarified world of scientific research, a revolution has been brewing. Its activists are not anarchists, but rather Nobel Laureates in physics and economics and pony-tailed graduates, mathematicians, and computer scientists from all over the world. They have formed an iconoclastic think-tank and their radical idea is to create a new science: complexity. They want to know how a primordial soup of simple molecules managed to turn itself into the first living cell--and what the origin of life some four billion years ago can tell us about the process of technological innovation today.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Doesn't explain complexity theory
- By Johnny Humphries on 2021-02-09
Written by: M. Mitchell Waldrop
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Helgoland
- Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
- Written by: Carlo Rovelli, Erica Segre - translator, Simon Carnell - translator
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
One of the world's most renowned theoretical physicists, Carlo Rovelli has entranced millions of readers with his singular perspective on the cosmos. In Helgoland, he examines the enduring enigma of quantum theory. The quantum world Rovelli describes is as beautiful as it is unnerving. Helgoland is a treeless island in the North Sea where the 23-year-old Werner Heisenberg made the crucial breakthrough for the creation of quantum mechanics, setting off a century of scientific revolution.
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3 out of 5 stars
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An interesting presentation, but missed my expectations
- By Andrew on 2023-09-08
Written by: Carlo Rovelli, and others
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The Information
- A History, a Theory, a Flood
- Written by: James Gleick
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
James Gleick, the author of the best sellers Chaos and Genius, now brings us a work just as astonishing and masterly: A revelatory chronicle and meditation that shows how information has become the modern era’s defining quality - the blood, the fuel, the vital principle of our world. The story of information begins in a time profoundly unlike our own, when every thought and utterance vanishes as soon as it is born.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
So, hear me out...
- By Quenton on 2019-09-26
Written by: James Gleick
-
Time Travel
- A History
- Written by: James Gleick
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 7
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 5
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 5
James Gleick's story begins at the turn of the 20th century, with the young H. G. Wells writing and rewriting the fantastic tale that became his first book, an international sensation: The Time Machine. A host of forces were converging to transmute the human understanding of time, some philosophical and some technological - the electric telegraph, the steam railroad, the discovery of buried civilizations, and the perfection of clocks.
Written by: James Gleick
-
The Fourth Turning
- What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny
- Written by: William Strauss, Neil Howe
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 19 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 1
First comes a High, a period of confident expansion. Next comes an Awakening, a time of spiritual exploration and rebellion. Then comes an Unraveling, in which individualism triumphs over crumbling institutions. Last comes a Crisis—the Fourth Turning—when society passes through a great and perilous gate in history. William Strauss and Neil Howe will change the way you see the world—and your place in it. With blazing originality, The Fourth Turning illuminates the past, explains the present, and reimagines the future.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Worth the time more than once
- By Daniel on 2024-01-23
Written by: William Strauss, and others
-
Behave
- The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
- Written by: Robert Sapolsky
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom
- Length: 26 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 180
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 141
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 141
From the celebrated neurobiologist and primatologist, a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior, both good and bad, and an answer to the question: Why do we do the things we do? Sapolsky's storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic: He starts by looking at the factors that bear on a person's reaction in the precise moment a behavior occurs, and then hops back in time from there, in stages, ultimately ending up at the deep history of our species and its evolutionary legacy.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Overall Excellent, But Maybe Overly Broad in Scope
- By J. Horyski on 2019-11-16
Written by: Robert Sapolsky
-
Complexity
- The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
- Written by: M. Mitchell Waldrop
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Length: 17 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 7
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 6
In a rarified world of scientific research, a revolution has been brewing. Its activists are not anarchists, but rather Nobel Laureates in physics and economics and pony-tailed graduates, mathematicians, and computer scientists from all over the world. They have formed an iconoclastic think-tank and their radical idea is to create a new science: complexity. They want to know how a primordial soup of simple molecules managed to turn itself into the first living cell--and what the origin of life some four billion years ago can tell us about the process of technological innovation today.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Doesn't explain complexity theory
- By Johnny Humphries on 2021-02-09
Written by: M. Mitchell Waldrop
-
Helgoland
- Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
- Written by: Carlo Rovelli, Erica Segre - translator, Simon Carnell - translator
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 42
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 33
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
One of the world's most renowned theoretical physicists, Carlo Rovelli has entranced millions of readers with his singular perspective on the cosmos. In Helgoland, he examines the enduring enigma of quantum theory. The quantum world Rovelli describes is as beautiful as it is unnerving. Helgoland is a treeless island in the North Sea where the 23-year-old Werner Heisenberg made the crucial breakthrough for the creation of quantum mechanics, setting off a century of scientific revolution.
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3 out of 5 stars
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An interesting presentation, but missed my expectations
- By Andrew on 2023-09-08
Written by: Carlo Rovelli, and others
What the critics say
“Fascinating . . . almost every paragraph contains a jolt.” (The New York Times)
“Highly entertaining . . . a startling look at newly discovered universal laws.” (Chicago Tribune)
“An awe-inspiring book. Reading it gave me that sensation that someone had just found the light switch.” (Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)
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- Kyle Brown
- 2018-10-20
mind altering
I will need to listen to the recording again to try to understand more. so much packed into one book.
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- Mike Ford
- 2023-12-12
The Heart is a Chaotic Model
The Relationship between Chaos & cardiac arrhythmia is a refreshing, exhilarating view point that sheds a new light on nature
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- Daniel Woods
- 2023-11-16
Wonder-full!
so much to think about and research...Gleick is best popularizer of science that i'm aware of. always leads to lots of learning.
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- Richard Pow
- 2020-11-18
Amazing!
This book has opened my mind to many revolutions. Thought reading this book I have been able to put together a potential theory to help people within the psychology field even though its primarily a physics book! very thought provoking!
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-02-22
This will blow your god dam mind
If you are into science this book is a must read/listen. Fans of PBS Space Time should all listen to this book.
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- Cory Wright-Maley
- 2018-03-17
great primer for a new initiate to chaos.
great primer for a new initiate to chaos. It raised really interesting implications for my own work.
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- Cal
- 2021-03-29
Excellent
A solid introduction to chaos theory and its history. I certainly don't fully understand how chaos is applicable to certain things, but I think this book is the perfect foundation in beginning to understand the concept.
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- N S
- 2021-12-10
Hard to understand and listen to
This is a perfect book if you have a background in mathematics or engineering and even if you do I recommend reading the book rather than listening to it. The book is not about understanding chaos but about how it was discovered.. still interesting but I prefer to watch a video on YouTube to understand it
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