James Gleick

Here is my #Introduction, with hashtags. I’m an #author and essayist, part of, and hopeful about, the #TwitterMigration.

I write about #science and #technology and their cultural effects. My books include #Chaos, The #Information, and #TimeTravel, as well as biographies of Richard #Feynman and Isaac #Newton.

Nov 9, 2022 at 1:20pmWeb
Show threadPhil Feldman, PhDNov 9, 2022
@JamesGleick The Information is one of my favorite books. Speaking of technology, I'm surprised at how quiet #mastodon feels com compared to #twitter without the advertising and algorithmic promotions
Show thread§ Jason 🥄Nov 9, 2022

@JamesGleick

Welcome! I watched your interview with William Gibson yesterday. Studs Turkle level discussion.

Show threadMathijs BoodenNov 9, 2022
@JamesGleick 'Chaos' was a formative book for me, read it when I was 14 or 15. Thanks :)
Show threadGarethNov 9, 2022
@JamesGleick I've been shoving yours and Jared Diamond's books in people's faces for over 30 years now it seems. Lovely to have you here.
Show threadjohngineerNov 9, 2022

@JamesGleick Nice to be able to follow you here, James.

The Information is truly a masterpiece. I went into it understanding most of the nuts-and-bolts theory via electrical engineering, but seeing it all presented in a comprehensive, history-spanning framework really changed the way I think.

The discussion of the error-correction inherent to African talking drums absolutely blew my mind.

Show threadCarol HutchinsNov 9, 2022

@JamesGleick

Hi James,
I’ve benefited from following you on the bird app for a long while. You’ve been interesting all that time, and I’m glad to connect with you here.

I’ve met you once or twice in Warren Weaver Hall NYU.

Cheers,
CH

Show threadfortboiseNov 9, 2022
@JamesGleick Greetings! Your work has been on my "best books" reading list for a long, long time. Fun to cross paths with you here.
https://fortboise.org/readings.html
Tom von Alten's reading list

Worthwhile books, briefly noted

Show threadFast GhostNov 9, 2022
@JamesGleick The Information is one of my all time favourite books.
Show threadRama RamakrishnanNov 10, 2022
@JamesGleick Wonderful to see you here. #Chaos and #Feynman are two of my all-time fav books.
Show threadThe Air WhispererNov 10, 2022

@JamesGleick

Hi James !

re Science Writing:

Would you be interesred in writing about a concept that WILL someday

(the sooner the better, in a Climate Crisis...)

move Aviation forward in the same way that Flaps & Ailerons did in the early 20th Century...?

Or, for a story with even bigger 'scope', can I show you an Aero concept that may be as big for Science as moving from Ptolemaic cosmology to a Copernican viewpoint...?

#STEM
#Science
#Aviation
#SkyRoad
#SciComm
#Aerodynamics

Show threadAngelika TatianaNov 17, 2022
@JamesGleick Hi James
Show threadMarc AirhartNov 18, 2022
@JamesGleick Chaos (the book) had a big influence on me as a physics student in college and in deciding to become a science writer. #scicomm
Show threadWookieCatNov 18, 2022
@JamesGleick Very happy to see you here!
Show threadJessica StewartNov 21, 2022
@JamesGleick
I was just saying to someone the other day that I determinedly read Chaos, or most of it, in 1991 and literally could not see how people who worked in those fields kept their feet on the ground—remembered to buy milk, catch buses, talk about politics. Thinking about the universe and everything out there was incredibly disorientating, even for those few weeks. Kudos.
Show threadJohn ShirleyNov 21, 2022
@JamesGleick THAT James Gleick? Great to have you here.
Show threadWilliam HeroldNov 21, 2022
@JamesGleick I just quit Twitter and incidentally picked up a used copy of The Information for holiday reading. Glad to see you here!
Show threadzavenDec 11, 2022
@JamesGleick made me smile to see you posting here.
Show thread소주한잔Dec 16, 2022
@JamesGleick Fond memories of reading Chaos at age 13 in my physics class (very supportive physics teacher said I could do self-directed study whenever he was teaching material i already knew!) Ended up pursuing a career in STEM. Great to see you here!
Show threadPatrickDec 22, 2022
@JamesGleick Read several of these in the last few years. Really loved The Information and Chaos and wish I had found them earlier!