The confluence of Western science and Eastern philosophy is the subject of this book. Capra uncovers some of the amazing parallels that exist between Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism, and major scientific discoveries.
Enhanced with 50 sepia-toned illustrations and drawing on an examination of over 6,000 pages of Leonardo Da Vincis surviving notebooks, "The Science of Leonardo" explains that Da Vinci approached scientific knowledge through the eyes of an artist.
In this book, the author offers a brilliant synthesis of scientific breakthroughs such as the theory of complexity, Gaia theory, chaos theory, and other explanations of the properties of organisms, social systems, and ecosystems. His surprising findings stand in stark contrast to accepted paradigms of mechanism and Darwinism and provide a new ...
Capra, author of TAO OF PHYSICS and WEB OF LIFE, continues his examination into the intersection of science and spirituality, encapsulating a diversity of subject matter, from protocelluar organisms to the global economy. Capra's argument ends on familiar ground, a warning echoed in his two previous best sellers, that in order for life to continue ...
Now in paperback--a remarkably compatible new view of the universe offered by the trailblazer of new science and a contemporary of Thomas Merton. "An entertaining, thought-provoking book filled with conversations, quotations, and colorful stories that make science and theology come alive".--San Francisco Chronicle. Winner of the American Book ...
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, linear thought. A forerunner of that ...
Joined by economist Hazel Henderson and others, Fritjof Capra provides a compelling blueprint for a world of appropriate, sustainable technology, genuinely democratic politics, respect for the natural world, and the real possibility of human fulfillment. From the author of The Tao of Physics.
In "Uncommon Wisdom," Capra charts his own intellectual odyssey through lively discussions with many of this century's most influential thinkers such as Werner Heisenberg, R. D. Laing, Gregory Bateson, Hazel Henderson, Alan Watts, and Krishnamurti on the leading edge of such diverse fields as family therapy, physics, psychiatry, futurism, medicine ...
The confluence of Western science and Eastern philosophy is the subject of this book. Capra uncovers some of the amazing parallels that exist between Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism, and major scientific discoveries.
Havana's Instituto de Filosofia's First Biennial International Seminar on the Philosophical, Epistemological and Methodological Implications of Complexity Theory, was held in January 2002 in Havana, Cuba's capital city. The seminar was aimed at familiarizing Cuban researchers and professors in a more direct way with some of the current trends - ...
Business activities are responsible, directly or indirecly, for most human impacts on the earth's ecosystems, yet business is conducted with little thought of its sustainability - that is, the satisfying of our own needs without diminishing the changes of future generations. Sustainability, in its ecological and social components, poses business ...
In this book, the author offers a brilliant synthesis of scientific breakthroughs such as the theory of complexity, Gaia theory, chaos theory, and other explanations of the properties of organisms, social systems, and ecosystems. His surprising findings stand in stark contrast to accepted paradigms of mechanism and Darwinism and provide a new ...
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