Fritjof Capra is a physicist and systems theorist and founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, California, which promotes ecology and systems thinking in primary and secondary education.
He is the author of several international bestsellers, including The Tao of Physics, The Turning Point, and The Web of Life.
His most recent book, The Hidden Connections, was published this year. He also co-wrote the screenplay for Mindwalk, a film based on his books.
He is on the faculty of Schumacher College, an international center for ecological studies based in Devon, England.
Hidden Connections
A Science for Sustainable Living Fritjof Capra, 2002 ISBN: 0006551580
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This book demonstrates how tightly humans are connected with the fabric of life and makes it clear that it is imperative to organize the world according to a different set of values and beliefs, not only for the well-being of human organizations but also for the survival and sustainability of humanity as a whole.
The Web of Life
A New Synthesis of Mind and Matter Fritjof Capra, 1997 ISBN: 0006547516
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An important sytems thinking approach that covers the shift away from the mechanistic world of Descartes and Newton to a holistic, ecological view. Capra establishes patterns between ideas from such diverse fields as Buddhism and quantum physics.
Capra demonstrates that both modern Western science and traditional Eastern spirituality reveal the same core truth: that the universe is one interconnected whole, a ceaseless flux of living energy of which we are all part.
