James Gleick

American author and historian of science

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February 27 2025 Published article 'The Prophet Business', a review of Glenn Adamson's book 'A Century of Tomorrows: How Imagining the Future Shapes the Present', in The New York Review of Books, discussing futurology and prediction.
January 18 2024 Published article 'The Fate of Free Will', a review of Kevin J. Mitchell's book 'Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will', in The New York Review of Books, exploring themes of agency and artificial intelligence.
2017 Elected president of the Authors Guild.
November 19 2016 Gleick gives a second presentation of 'Time Travel: A History' on C-SPAN
October 15 2016 Gleick presents his book 'Time Travel: A History' on C-SPAN
2012 Awarded the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award for 'The Information'.
2012 Received the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books for 'The Information'.
2011 Released the international bestseller 'The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood'.
June 18 2011 Gleick gives an After Words interview on his book 'The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood' on C-SPAN

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