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8. Chaos, by James Gleick

Reply to DUgosh (Original post)

Sun Apr 1, 2012, 10:05 PM

Apr 2012

I read The Information over xmas, then his brief but useful biography of Isaac Newton. Gleick has a breezy style and can talk tech with out getting bogged down in math. I'm also plowing through Bernard Cornwell's oeuvre; the Sharp series and others. This is formulaic stuff, but he writes well and offers a ripping yarn with interesting characters. What can I say. It beats TV.

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