James Gleick

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James Gleick

James Gleick (* 1954 in New York , New York ) is an author, journalist and essayist whose works mainly deal with topics and people from the fields of technology and science. In particular, his book on the history of chaos theory and his biography of Richard Feynman were bestsellers.

The graduate of Harvard University (1976) works for the New York Times , among others .

literature

  • Chaos. Making a new science. Viking, New York NY 1987, ISBN 0-670-81178-5 (In German: Chaos - the order of the universe. Pushing the boundaries of modern physics. From the American by Peter Prange. Droemer Knaur, Munich 1988, ISBN 3- 426-04078-6 ).
  • Genius. The life and science of Richard Feynman. Pantheon, New York NY 1992, ISBN 0-679-40836-3 (In German: Richard Feynman. Life and work of the brilliant physicist. Translated from the American by Doris Gerstner and Shaukat Khan. Droemer Knaur, Munich 1993, ISBN 3- 426-26679-2 ).
  • Faster. The acceleration of just about everything. Pantheon, New York NY 1999, ISBN 0-679-40837-1 (In German: Faster! A journey through time through the turbo society. From the American by Michaela Adelberger. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt DVA, Stuttgart et al. 2000, ISBN 3- 421-05360-X ).
  • Isaac Newton. Pantheon, New York 2003, ISBN 0-375-42233-1 (In German: Isaac Newton. The birth of modern thinking. From the American by Angelika Beck. Artemis & Winkler, Düsseldorf et al. 2004, ISBN 3-538-07186- 1 ).
  • The information. A history, a theory, a flood. Pantheon, New York NY 2011, ISBN 978-0-375-42372-7 (In German: The information. History, theory, flood. Translation from American English by Almuth Braun. Redline-Verlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978- 3-86881-312-8 ).

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personal data
SURNAME Gleick, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author, journalist, and essayist
DATE OF BIRTH 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH New York , NY