Capra, Fritjof
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This we know.
All things are connected like the blood
which unites one family ...
Whatever befalls the earth,
befalls the sons and daughters of the
earth.
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Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it.
Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.
—Ted Perry j (inspired by Chief Seattle)
The vitality and accessibility of Fritjof Capra's ideas have made him one of the most eloquent spokespersons for the latest finds emerging at the frontiers of scientific, social, and philosophical thought. In his international bestsellers The Tao of Physics and The Turning Point he juxtaposed physics and mysticism to define a new vision of reality. Now Capra takes yet another giant step, setting forth a new scientific language to describe the interrelationships and interdependencies of psychological, biological, physical, social, and cultural phenomena—the "web of life."
During the past twenty-five years, scientists have challenged conventional views of evolution and the organization of living systems, developing new theories with revolutionary philosophical and social implications. Fritjof Capra has been at the forefront of this revolution. In The Web of Life Capra offers a brilliant synthesis of such recent scientific breakthroughs as the theory of complexity, Gaia theory, chaos theory, and other explanations of the properties of organisms, social systems, and
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The Web of Life
Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation
https://archive.org/details/weboflifenewscieOOcapr
Also by Fritjof Capra
The Tao of Physics The Turning Point Uncommon Wisdom Belonging to the Universe
A New Scientific Understanding
of Living Systems
To the memory of my mother,
Ingeborg Teuffenbach,
who gave me the gift and the discipline of writing.
