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Simplexity: Why Simple Things Become Complex

Simplexity: Why Simple Things Become Complex by Jeffrey Kluger (Paperback )

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Why does kicking the TV work? What can the US military learn from the lowly bacterium? Why are the instruction manuals for cell phones incomprehensible? How does a spark of a single virus trigger an epidemic that claims millions? In recent years, cutting-edge studies in fields such as economics, read more...
 
Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio

Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio by Jeffrey Kluger (Paperback 2006)

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Simplexity: Why Simple Things Become Complex

Simplexity: Why Simple Things Become Complex by Jeffrey Kluger (Paperback 2009)

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"Sure to be a deserved hit among the ever-growing Freakonomics crowd." --Booklist "Kluger makes the modern world comprehensible." --Publishers Weekly "A fascinating journey." --Library Journal Sometimes a complex problem has an easy solution. And sometimes there's more to a simple thing than first read more...
 
Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio

Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio by Jeffrey Kluger (Paperback 2005)

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Kluger reveals the thrilling story of Jonas Salk's quest to conquer polio in this medical adventure full of rivalries and last minute reversals that culminated in one of the greatest accomplishments of the 20th century.
 
SIMPLEXITY: WHY SIMPLE THINGS BECOME COMPLEX (AND HOW COMPLEX THINGS CAN BE MADE SIMPLE)

SIMPLEXITY: WHY SIMPLE THINGS BECOME COMPLEX (AND HOW COMPLEX THINGS CAN BE MADE SIMPLE) by Jeffrey Kluger (Hardcover 2008)

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Draws on cutting-edge theories to describe the basic workings of everyday objects and principles in accessible language, covering a wide variety of topics from cell phones and viruses to economics and parenting.
 
Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13

Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by Jeffrey Kluger, James Lovell (Paperback 1994)

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Astronaut Lovell chronicles his harrowing, nearly fatal, failed mission to the moon, describing his crew's ingenuity in returning safely to Earth. The untold story of the American moon shot that almost ended in a fatal catastrophe, told by the flight's commander, offers a thrilling chronicle of read more...
 
Nacky Patcher & the Curse of the Dry-Land Boats

Nacky Patcher & the Curse of the Dry-Land Boats by Jeffrey Kluger (Paperback 2007)

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When thief and swindler Nacky Patcher and orphaned eleven-year-old Teedie Flinn discover a huge wrecked boat in a small mountain lake near their town, they try to unite all the inhabitants to help rebuild the vessel--an endeavor that forever changes all o
 
Apollo 13

Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger (Paperback 1996)

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In April of 1970, during NASA's fifth mission to the moon, Jim Lovell and his fellow Apollo 13 astronauts found their craft crippled by a mysterious explosion. The authors detail the harrowing and heroic four day rescue. Now a major motion picture from Universal Pictures coming June 30, directed by read more...
 
SIMPLEXITY

SIMPLEXITY by Jeffrey Kluger, Holter Graham (Paperback 2008)

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"Using real world examples, such as traffic flow, politics and baby linguistics, the author makes the theories of 'simplexity' accessible to the layperson...Kluger makes complex science seem simple." --Kirkus "Kluger makes the modern world comprehensible...his astonishing discoveries require no read more...
 
TIME Your Brain: A User's Guide

TIME Your Brain: A User's Guide by Editors Of Time Magazine, Jeffrey Kluger (Paperback 2010)

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The greatest computer ever built is less than 7 in. long and weighs less than 3 lb. It has no moving parts and makes not a sound. And yet it is the home of dreams, of songs, of wisdom, of philosophy, of love, of awareness itself. The greatest computer ever built is, of course, the human brain. For read more...
 

 


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