The book that inspired thousands to write books, design ties and posters, and
pepper their conversation with knowing references to butterfly wings and
hurricanes, first published in 1988, has been reissued in paperback. Minerva
hopes that James Gleick’s Chaos (£7.99, ISBN 0 7493 8606 1) will still
fascinate.
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