Becoming Quote by James Gleick

When the Lilliputians first saw Gulliver's watch, that "wonderful kind of engine...a globe, half silver and half of some transparent metal," they identified it…

— James Gleick

You know, entropy is associated thermodynamically, in systems involving heat, with disorder. And in an analogous way, information is associated with disorder, which seems…

— James Gleick

“No one has even a definitive spelling for Cawdrey’s name (Cowdrey, Cawdry). But then, no one agreed on the spelling of most names: they…

— James Gleick

“Where, then, is any particular gene—say, the gene for long legs in humans? This is a little like asking where is Beethoven’s Piano Sonata…

— James Gleick

Alphabetical order had to be invented to help people organize the first dictionaries. On the other hand, we may have reached a point where…

— James Gleick

As a technology, the book is like a hammer. That is to say, it is perfect: a tool ideally suited to its task. Hammers…

— James Gleick

The universe is computing its own destiny.

— James Gleick

A book is not necessarily made of paper. A book is not necessarily made to be read on a Kindle. A book is a…

— James Gleick

“From this point of view, the laws of science represent data compression in action. A theoretical physicist acts like a very clever coding algorithm.…

— James Gleick

Children and scientists share an outlook on life. If I do this, what will happen? is both the motto of the child at play…

— James Gleick

“Your body moves always in the present, the dividing line between the past and the future, but your mind is more free. It can…

— James Gleick

People worry about Twitter. Twitter is banal. It's 140-character messages. By definition, you can hardly say anything profound. On the other hand, we communicate.…

— James Gleick