Chaos: Creating a New Science

“Chaos: Creating a New Science” — a global bestseller by American journalist James Gleick, translated into more than twenty languages, in which he tells the story of the emergence of the science of chaos. Starting with the accidental discovery of meteorologist Edward Lorenz, who was attempting to create a model for long-term weather forecasting, Gleick sequentially reconstructs the entire chain of sudden insights and unusual experiments that led scientists to realize that there are still unknown universal laws of nature. Gleick not only narrates the story of the birth of a new science but also reflects on how scientific progress occurs and what role mad geniuses play in searching for unconventional solutions contrary to existing knowledge.