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24 alternatives to Chaos: Making a New Science

James Gleick — reveals the science behind chaos theory

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Chaos: Making a New Science launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Chaos: Making a New Science▲5

   Discusses the science behind chaos theory

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Sync▲57

   How order emerges from chaos in the universe, nature, & life

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Deep Simplicity▲62

   Chaos, complexity and the emergence of life

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Deep Simplicity▲6

   Bringing Order to Chaos and Complexity

   2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Inventology▲72

   How we dream up things that change the world

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Wait▲74

   The art and science of delay

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   What is Fire?▲134

   An illustrated explanation, from Hardbound

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Freakonomics▲97

   A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Magic Words▲58

   The science and secrets behind seven words

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives▲62

    How can messiness lead to more creativity and new ideas?

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Fake Science 101▲60

    A less-than-factual guide to our amazing world

    2015 · fakescience.org · its alternatives →

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    Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea▲58

    The history behind one of the most dangerous numbers

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes▲53

    Evolution, Theoretical Physics and Computer Science

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Unleashing the ideavirus▲65

    Turn your ideas into epidemics

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Design, Form, and Chaos▲80

    A great source of design inspiration

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Lateral Thinking▲74

    Practical explanation of how creativity works

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Nature of Code▲107

    Learn to program computer simulations of natural systems

    2017 · natureofcode.com · its alternatives →

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    Journal of Results from Experiment.com▲57

    A new type of science journal. Funded by you!

    2015 · experiment.com · its alternatives →

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    Seven Brief Lessons on Physics▲61

    Lean and lucid descriptions of modern physics

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Feynman Genius▲62

    The Life and Science of Richard Feynman

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Neural Chaos▲13

    Tech discoveries explained: how they're changing our lives.

    2025 · theneuralchaos.behiiv.com · its alternatives →

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    The Signal and the Noise▲73

    Why so many predictions fail - but some don't

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Physics of the Future▲73

    How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations▲62

    The book to read before opening Keynote.

    2015 · duarte.com · its alternatives →

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