[box]Fritjof Capra[/box]
Dr. Fritof Capra is the author of four international bestsellers, The Tao of Physics (1975), The Turning Point (1982), Uncommon Wisdom (1988), and The Web of Life (1996). He coauthored Green Politics (1984), Belonging to the Universe (1991), and EcoManagement (1993), and coedited Steering Business Toward Sustainability (1995). The Hidden Connections was published in 2002, and his latest book, The Science of Leonardo, will be published in October, 2007. Please see the bibliography for full details on publications.
Capra also cowrote the screenplay for Mindwalk (1990), a film based on his books that starred Liv Ullmann, Sam Waterston, and John Heard, and was created and directed by his brother, Bernt Capra.
After receiving his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Vienna in 1966, Capra did research in particle physics at the University of Paris (1966-68), the University of California at Santa Cruz (1968-70), the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (1970), Imperial College, University of London (1971-74), and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory at the University of California (1975-88). He also taught at U.C. Santa Cruz, U.C. Berkeley, and San Francisco State University. In addition to his research in physics and systems theory, Capra has been engaged in a systematic examination of the philosophical and social implications of contemporary science for the past 30 years. His books on this subject have been acclaimed internationally, and he has lectured widely to lay and professional audiences in Europe, Asia, and North and South America. Capra has been the focus of over 50 television interviews, documentaries, and talk shows in Europe, the United States, Brazil, Argentina, and Japan, and has been featured in major newspapers and magazines internationally. He was the first subject of the BBC’s new documentary series “Beautiful Minds” (2002).
[author] [author_image timthumb=’on’]http://www.sciencetosage.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Picture-31.png[/author_image] [author_info] The Tao of Physics: Capra’s first book, first published in 1975, challenges conventional wisdom by demonstrating striking parallels between oriental and greek mystical traditions and the discoveries of 20th century physics. It was originally published by a small publisher with no budget for promotion, but the book became bestseller by word of mouth before it was picked up by a major American publishing house. The Tao of Physics, now has been published in 43 editions in 23 languages. [/author_info] [/author]
[author] [author_image timthumb=’on’]http://www.sciencetosage.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Picture-41.png[/author_image] [author_info]The Turning Point: First published in 1982, and subtitled Science, Society, and the Rising Culture, the book explains perceived scientific and economic crises. It begins by outlining and tracing the history of science and economics, highlighting the flaws in the Cartesian, Newtonian, and reductionist paradigms. It explains how such viewpoints have grown inadequate for modern technology and ecology needs, then argues that science needs to develop the concepts and insights of holism and systems theory to solve society’s complex problems.[/author_info] [/author]
[author] [author_image timthumb=’on’]http://www.sciencetosage.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Picture-7.png[/author_image] [author_info]The Web of Life: First published in 1997, book starts from the conceptual framework presented in The Turning Point, summarizes the mathematics of complexity, and offers a synthesis of recent nonlinear theories of living systems that have dramatically increased our understanding of the key characteristics of life.[/author_info] [/author]
[author] [author_image timthumb=’on’]http://www.sciencetosage.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Picture-61.png[/author_image] [author_info]The Science of Leonardo: Inside the Mind of the Great Genius of the Renaissance: Published in 2007, its central idea is to claim that Leonardo’s science is a science of living forms, of quality, which can be seen as a distant forerunner of today’s complexity and systems theories. [/author_info] [/author]
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