| Main Title |
The web of life : a new scientific understanding of living systems / |
| Author |
Capra, Fritjof,
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| Publisher |
Anchor Books, |
| Year Published |
1997 |
| OCLC Number |
37800841 |
| ISBN |
9780385476768; 0385476760 |
| Subjects |
Life (Biology) ;
Biological systems ;
System theory
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| Local Library Info |
| Library |
Local Subject |
Local Note |
| EOA |
sustainability collection |
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EKBM |
QH501.C375 1997 |
Copy 1 |
Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
07/30/2019 |
STATUS |
| EKBM |
QH501.C375 1997 |
Copy 2 |
Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
07/30/2019 |
| EOAM |
QH501.C375 1997 |
sustainability collection |
Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO |
05/02/2003 |
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| Edition |
1st Anchor Books trade paperback ed. |
| Collation |
xix, 347 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-333) and index. |
| Contents Notes |
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. 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. |
