| Edition |
First Anchor Books trade paperback edition. |
| Description |
xix, 347 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-333) and index. |
| Contents |
Cultural context: Deep ecology-New paradigm -- Rise of systems thinking: From the parts to the whole -- Systems theories -- Logic of the mind -- Pieces of the puzzle: Models of self-organization -- Mathematics of complexity -- Nature of life: New synthesis -- Dissipative structures -- Self-making -- Unfolding of life -- Bringing forth a world -- Knowing that we know -- Epilogue: Ecological literacy -- Appendix: Bateson revisited. |
| Summary |
In his international bestsellers "The Tao of Physics" and "The Turning Point", Fritjof Capra justaposed physics and mysticism to define a new vision of reality. Now, in "The Web of Life", he takes yet another giant step forward, offering a brilliant systhesis of such recent scientific breakthroughs as the theory of complexity, Gaia theory, and chaos theory. |
| Subject |
Life (Biology)
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Biological systems.
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System theory.
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| ISBN |
0385476760 |
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