Book · 1987 · Chaotic behavior in systems
Chaos
Chaos by James Gleick has been mentioned in 2 episodes across 2 podcasts (0 episodes recommend it and 2 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Anna Gat (1 episode) and Sonal Chokshi (1 episode) on a16z Podcast (1 episode) and EconTalk (1 episode).
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In fact, I think we were both bonding Robert over chaos, which actually is a book that captivated me as a child.
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So James Gleak in 1988 publishes chaos um his book explaining chaos theory to a a general audience.
And what's so cool, too, I mean, if you just go back to his, you know, chaos theory book and everything and the premise of that, how very simple sort of operations can lead to emergent phenomena that are unexpected.
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Anna Gat So James Gleak in 1988 publishes chaos um his book explaining chaos theory to a a general audience. 1
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“So James Gleak in 1988 publishes chaos um his book explaining chaos theory to a a general audience.”
Sonal Chokshi In fact, I think we were both bonding Robert over chaos, which actually is a book that captivated me as a c… 1
Discussed
“In fact, I think we were both bonding Robert over chaos, which actually is a book that captivated me as a child.”
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“And what's so cool, too, I mean, if you just go back to his, you know, chaos theory book and everything and the premise of that, how very simple sort of operations can lead to emergent phenomena that are unexpected.”
Speaker a16z Podcast From the Telephone to Modern Computing | James Gleick 2026-11-14 Listen at 58:07
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“I've been reading James's books my entire life. First one I read was his Isaac Newton biography. Oh, interesting. Not Chaos, weirdly enough.”