Chaos vs The Human Use of Human Beings: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Sociale aspecten, Aspect social, Social aspects, Science
Chaos
The author describes how scientists studying the growth of complexity in nature are discovering order and pattern in chaos. He explains concepts such as nonlinearity, the Butterfly Effect, universal constants, fractals,…
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The Human Use of Human Beings
"Only a few books stand as landmarks in social and scientific upheaval. Norbert Wiener's classic is one in that small company. Founder of the science of cybernetics--the study of the relationship between computers and…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Human Use of Human Beings is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 6 for Chaos.
- Chaos has the widest readership — 42067 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Chaos | The Human Use of Human Beings | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (42067) | 4.0 (995) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (116) | 3.2 (5) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (4) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (105) | — |
Reception
| Chaos | The Human Use of Human Beings | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 42067 | 995 |
| Editions | 37 | 26 |
| Citations | — | 765 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 81695 | 5350 |
| Reading it now | 5320 | 312 |
| Written reviews | 1666 | 123 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2014 | 1495 |
| Pages | 364 | 199 |