James Gleick

James Gleick (born August 1, 1954) is an American author and historian of science, renowned for chronicling the cultural impact of modern technology through narrative nonfiction. His most notable works include Chaos: Making a New Science (1987, National Book Award and Pulitzer finalist), Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman (1992, Pulitzer finalist), and The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood (2011, winner of the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award and Royal Society Winton Prize). Three of his books were Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalists, and his works have been translated into more than thirty languages.