James Gleick
Biographic Data
| ID | 5742477 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Gleick |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Gleick |
| SIGNATURE | GLEICK J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Princeton Anthology of Writing: Favorite Pieces by the Ferris/McGraw Writers at Princeton University
An Eden after the Fall
John von Neumann and Richard Feynman worked together at Los Alamos. In 1943, when the American atomic bomb effort was reaching its desperate fever pitch, von Neumann was forty years old, Feynman twenty-five. Feynman was a brash and brilliant young man, a new Ph.D. and a group leader in the theoretical section, the contributor of a crucial formula for estimating the efficiency of a nuclear explosion. A rising star, he was noted by Robert Oppenheim…
Playing with Chaos
Playing with Chaos
An Eden after the Fall
John von Neumann and Richard Feynman worked together at Los Alamos. In 1943, when the American atomic bomb effort was reaching its desperate fever pitch, von Neumann was forty years old, Feynman twenty-five. Feynman was a brash and brilliant young man, a new Ph.D. and a group leader in the theoretical section, the contributor of a crucial formula for estimating the efficiency of a nuclear explosion. A rising star, he was noted by Robert Oppenheim…
The Princeton Anthology of Writing: Favorite Pieces by the Ferris/McGraw Writers at Princeton University
History (2 works) · CHAOS (operating system (1 works) · Chaos, Complexity, and Education (1 works) · Complex Systems and Decision Making (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Educational Leadership and Practices (1 works) · History (1 works) · Interdisciplinary Cultural and Social Studies (1 works) · Mathematics education (1 works) · Psychology (1 works)