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Cover of the Penguin paperback edition of Chaos by James Gleick, orange and black design with a fractal-like swirl.

2026-08-15 · Book Review

Chaos by James Gleick (1987)

A book about the history of an idea more than the idea itself, and once I stopped expecting equations I liked it a lot more.

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