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CHAOS (Book)

Gleick

ISBN:9780749386061

This book brings together different work in the new field of physics called the chaos theory, an extension of classical mechanics, in which simple and complex causes are seen to interact. Mathematics may only be able to solve simple linear equations which experiment has pushed nature into obeying in a limited way...more details
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A Twenty-First Century U.S. Water Policy (Book)

Peter H Gleick

ISBN:9780199859443

As is becoming clearer and clearer, pressures on water resources in the United States are growing, with no foreseeable end in sight. Yet these pressures are not due to a national water scarcity. While the Southwest faces the problems of draught...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:336

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Best American Science Writing 2000 (Book)

James Gleick;Jesse Cohen

ISBN:9781417702282

The first volume in this annual series of the best writing by Americans, meticulously selected by bestselling author James Gleick, one of the foremost chronicles of scientific social history...more details

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Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water (Book)

Peter H Gleick

ISBN:9781597265287

Peter Gleick knows water. A world-renowned scientist and freshwater expert, Gleick is a MacArthur Foundation "genius," and according to the BBC...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:211

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Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water (Book)

Peter H Gleick

ISBN:9781610911627

'Gleick trains his scientifically objective eye on the bottled water phenomenon... [and] offers a sobering yet sensible look at societys ill-considered thirst for bottled water.' Booklist 'With the gusto of a born raconteur and the passion of a believer...more details
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Chaos (Book)

James Gleick

ISBN:9780143113454

The twentieth-anniversary edition of the million-copy-plus Bestseller
THIS EDITION of James Gleickas groundbreaking bestseller introduces to a whole new readership the story of one of the most significant waves of scientific knowledge in our time. By focusing on the key figures whose genius converged to chart an innovative direction for science...more details
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Chaos: Making a New Science (Book)

James Gleick

ISBN:9781417702947

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Chaos: Making a New Science (Book)

James Gleick

ISBN:9780140092509

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FASTER - ACCELERATION OF JUST ABOUT ANYT (Book)

James Gleick

ISBN:9780349112923

Time rules our lives. The frenetic purpose - more than we want to admit, is to save time. Think of one of those conveniences that best convey the most elemental feeling of power over the passing seconds: the microwave oven. In your hurry sickness...more details
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Faster (Book)

James Gleick

ISBN:9780316883351

Time is the datum that rules our lives. The frenetic purpose - more than we want to admit - is to save time. Think of one of those conveniences that best conveys the most elemental feeling of power over the passing seconds: the microwave oven...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:256

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Faster: The Acceleration of Just about Everything (Book)

James Gleick

ISBN:9780679775485

From the bestselling, National Book Award-nominated auhtor of Genius and Chaos, a bracing new work about the accelerating pace of change in today's world.
Most of us suffer some degree of "hurry sickness." a malady that has launched us into the "epoch of the nanosecond...more details
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Genius: Richard Feynman & Modern Physics (Book)

James Gleick

ISBN:9780349105321

Richard Feynman was the most brilliant and influential physicist of our time. Architect of quantum theories, enfant terrible of the atomic bomb project...more details
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Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman (Book)

James Gleick

ISBN:9780679747048

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Going Somewhere (Book)

George Grant;Lisa Gleick Peter HOwens-Viani

ISBN:9781581820300

"Going Somewhere": A Novel, by George Grant, is the first novel in the adventures of Dan and Bea, an extraordinarily ordinary middle-class and middle-aged couple. While to outside eyes they appear to be living the American dream...more details
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Isaac Newton CD (CD)

James Gleick;Allan Corduner

ISBN:9780060554866

James Gleick has long been fascinated by the making of science -- how ideas order visible appearances, how equations can give meaning to molecular and stellar phenomena...more details
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Isaac Newton (Book)

James Gleick

ISBN:9781400032952

Isaac Newton was born in a stone farmhouse in 1642, fatherless and unwanted by his mother. When he died in London in 1727 he was so renowned he was given a state funeral--an unheard-of honor for a subject whose achievements were in the realm of the intellect. During the years he was an irascible presence at Trinity College...more details
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Isaac Newton (Book)

James Gleick;Allan Corduner

ISBN:9780060554859

James Gleick has long been fascinated by the making of science -- how ideas order visible appearances, how equations can give meaning to molecular and stellar phenomena...more details
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Isaac Newton (Book)

James Gleick

ISBN:9780007163182

When we seek mathematical laws for economic cycles and human behaviour, we stand on Newton's shoulders. Our very deeming the universe as solvable is his legacy. This was the achievement of a reclusive professor...more details
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Isaac Newton (Book)

James Gleick

ISBN:9780007163175

When we speak of momentum, of forces and masses, we are seeing the world as Newtonians. When we seek mathematical laws for economic cycles and human behaviour...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:288

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Nature's Chaos (Book)

Gleick James

ISBN:9780349108018

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The Best American Science Writing 2000 (Book)

James Gleick;Oliver W Cohen JesseSacks

ISBN:9780694523993

Meticulously selected by bestselling author James Gleick, Harper Audio presents a steller collection of essays written by some of the most brilliant writers and thinkers of our time -- each one read by its creator.

Many of these cutting-edge essays offer glimpses of our new realms of discovery and thought...more details
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The Character of Physical Law (Book)

Richard Phillips Feynman;James Gleick

ISBN:9780679601272

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The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood (Book)

James Gleick

ISBN:9781400096237

A "New York Times" Notable Book
A "Los Angeles Times "and "Cleveland Plain Dealer" Best Book of the Year
From the bestselling author of the acclaimed "Chaos "and "Genius" comes a thoughtful and provocative exploration of the big ideas of the modern era: Information...more details
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The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood (Book)

Gleick James

ISBN:9780007225743

The story of information begins in a time profoundly unlike our own, when every thought and utterance vanished as soon as it was born. From the invention of scripts and alphabets to the long misunderstood "talking drums" of Africa...more details
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The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood (Book)

James Gleick

ISBN:9780375423727

James Gleick, the author of the bestsellers "Chaos" and "Ge-nius," brings us his crowning work: a revelatory chronicle that shows how information has become the modern era's defining quality--the blood...more details
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The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood (Book)

Gleick James

ISBN:9780007225736

The story of information begins in a time profoundly unlike our own, when every thought and utterance vanished as soon as it was born. From the invention of scripts and alphabets to the long misunderstood "talking drums" of Africa...more details
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The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood (CD)

James Gleick

ISBN:9780307914965

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...more details
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The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood (Book)

Gleick James

ISBN:9780007423118

The story of information begins in a time profoundly unlike our own, when every thought and utterance vanished as soon as it was born. From the invention of scripts and alphabets to the long misunderstood "talking drums" of Africa...more details
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The World's Water 1998-1999: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources (Book)

Peter H Gleick

ISBN:9781559635929

The quality and availability of fresh water is of critical importance to human and ecosystem health. The World's Water 1998-1999 is a comprehensive reference on worldwide freshwater resources and the political...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:319

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The World's Water 2000-2001: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources (Book)

Peter H Gleick

ISBN:9781559637923

The quality and availability of fresh water are of critical importance to human and ecosystem health. Given its central role in the functioning of all living systems...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:300

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The World's Water 2004-2005: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources (Book)

Peter H Gleick;Dana Cain NicholasHaasz

ISBN:9781559638128

The quality and availability of fresh water are of critical importance to human and ecosystem health. Given its central role in the functioning of all living systems...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:262

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The World's Water 2004-2005: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources (Book)

Peter H Gleick;Dana Cain NicholasHaasz

ISBN:9781559635363

The quality and availability of fresh water are of critical importance to human and ecosystem health. Given its central role in the functioning of all living systems...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:362

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The World's Water 2008-2009: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources (Book)

Peter H Gleick;Mari Palaniappan MeenaMorikawa

ISBN:9781597265058

Produced biennially, "The World's Water" provides a timely examination of the key issues surrounding freshwater resources and their use. Each new volume identifies and explains the most significant trends worldwide...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:432

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The World's Water 2008-2009: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources (Book)

Peter H Gleick;Mari Palaniappan MeenaMorikawa

ISBN:9781597265041

Produced biennially, "The World's Water" provides a timely examination of the key issues surrounding freshwater resources and their use. Each new volume identifies and explains the most significant trends worldwide...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:402

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The World's Water 2011-2012: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources (Book)

Peter H Gleick

ISBN:9781597269988

Produced biennially, "The World's Water" is the most comprehensive and up-to-to date source of information and analysis on freshwater resources. Each new volume examines critical global trends and offers the best data available on a variety of topics related to water.
The 2011-2012 edition features chapters on U.S. water policy...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:440

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The World's Water 2011-2012: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources (Book)

Peter H Gleick

ISBN:9781597269995

Produced biennially, The Worlds Water is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information and analysis on freshwater resources. Each new volume examines critical global trends and offers the best data available on a variety of topics related to water....more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:422

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The World's Water: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources (Book)

Peter H Gleick;David Cooley HeatherKatz

ISBN:9781597261067

Produced biennially, The World's Water provides a timely examination of the key issues surrounding freshwater resources and their use. Each new volume identifies and explains the most significant current trends worldwide...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:368

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The World's Water: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources (Book)

Peter H Gleick;David Cooley HeatherKatz

ISBN:9781597261050

Produced biennially, The World's Water provides a timely examination of the key issues surrounding freshwater resources and their use. Each new volume identifies and explains the most significant current trends worldwide...more details
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The World's Water: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources (Book)

Peter H Gleick;Elizabeth L Burns William C GChalecki

ISBN:9781559639491

"The World's Water" is the leading source of information on the state of the world's freshwater resources, offering comprehensive and accessible analysis of the most important topics in water resource policy worldwide...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:310

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Time Is When (Book)

Beth Gleick;Marthe Jocelyn

ISBN:9780887768705

What is time? This question, asked nearly fifty years ago by author Beth Gleick's young son, prompted her to answer in a picture book for preschoolers...more details
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Water in Crisis: A Guide to the World's Fresh Water Resources (Book)

Peter H Gleick

ISBN:9780195076288

Among the most compelling environmental issues of today and tomorrow are those concerning the world's fresh water resources. Peter H. Gleick's important new volume...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:504

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Water Is Key: A Better Future for Africa (Book)

Gil Garcetti;Gil Gleick PeterGarcetti

ISBN:9781890449452

Award-winning photographer Gil Garcetti has created an important visual document intended to show the world why Water is Key. The book contains eighty compelling black and white photographs that illustrate the immediate need for safe water and the dramatic results that can be achieved through the help of world leaders...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:112

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What Just Happened: A Chronicle from the Information Frontier (Book)

James Gleick

ISBN:9780375713910

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What Just Happened? (Book)

James Gleick

ISBN:9780349115382

We are quick to acknowledge that our lives have been transformed by technology over the last ten years - that virtual reality has become as permanent a fixture in our lives as material reality; but the arrival of the electronic world over the last ten years was not a single invention...more details
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