Gleick, James

From the acclaimed author of The Information and Chaos, here is a mind-bending exploration of time travel: its subversive origins, its evolution in literature and science, and its influence on our understanding of time itself.

Traces the history of information technology from the invention of scripts and alphabets to the twenty-first century, and profiles individuals who contributed to advances, including Charles Babbage, inventor of the first mechanical computer, Ada Byron, the first true programmer Samuel Morse, Alan Turing, and others.

An exploration of the human condition at the turn of the millennium, focusing on paradoxes of time.

A collection of science writings published by Americans in 1999.

Biography of physicist Richard Feynman from his childhood to genius of modern physics. Also reveals the darker side of the man.

An exploration of the human condition at the turn of the millennium, focusing on paradoxes of time.

Chronicles the life of pioneering seventeenth-century scientist Isaac Newton, describing the world in which he lived, examining the contradictory elements of his personality, and discussing his place in history.