“fritjof capra”

Until recenlty, our view of the physical universe had been formed, for centuries, by the mechanistic thinking of Descarles and Newlon. New scientific concepts have overturned this world view, replacing it with a more holistic and ecological one that has afforded us deep insights into the nature of ... More

Fritjof Capra is at the forefront of the revolution in modern science which has challenged a convetional mechanistic view of the world based on the thinking of Descartes and Newton and brought us towards a holistic, ecological view. Here Capra offers a brilliant, radical synthesis of such recent sc... More

Through his studies of living and nonliving forms, from architecture and human anatomy to the turbulence of water and the growth patterns of grasses, Leonardo da Vinci pioneered the empirical, systematic approach to the observation of nature--what is now known as the scientific method. Acclaimed sci... More

The Tao of Physics is Fritjof Capra's classic exploration of the connections between Eastern mysticism and modern physics. An international bestseller, the book's central thesis, that the mystical traditions of the East constitute a coherent philosophical framework within which the most advanced Wes... More

The vitality and accessibility of Fritjof Capra's ideas have made him perhaps the most eloquent spokesperson of the latest findings emerging at the frontiers of scientific, social, and philosophical thought. In his international bestsellers "The Tao of Physics" and "The Turning Point," he juxtaposed... More

Fritjof Capra, bestselling author of The Tao of Physics" "and The Web of Life, here explores another frontier in the human significance of scientific ideas-- applying complexity theory to large-scale social interaction. In the 1980s, complexity theory emerged as a powerful alternative to classic, li... More