Iām an author and journalist, hopeful about the #TwitterMigration.
I write about science and technology and their cultural effects. My books include Chaos, The Information, and Time Travel, as well as biographies of Richard Feynman and Isaac Newton.
Iām working on a history of the telephone.
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šā Who else owned and loved the book Chaos (1987)? šā
@JamesGleick
Inspiring! You inspired quite a few scientists, including at least 10 university professors peppered across different continents. And many still work with ideas in the space of complexity / dynamical systems. In fact, one of them, @PessoaBrain, just wrote his own book on a similar topic:
https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262544603/the-entangled-brain/
We don't talk much about the role that nonfiction books play in inspiring the next generation of scientists. Not just to pursue scientific careers but also the approaches they take with the questions. No doubt that this happens and it clearly happened with Chaos. A big thanks from all of us, @JamesGleick!
Nicole, this means a "huge lot" to me!!
James Gleick
Nicole Rust
Luiz Pessoa