The concept of chaos is one of today's most exciting scientific breakthroughs, with far-reaching implications for thermodynamics, our concept of time, and the way we perceive the universe. Turbulent Mirror offers a perfect introduction to this bizarre and intriguing field. Illustrated.
The authors of "Fractal Patterns of Chaos" distill the implications of chaos theory and wholeness science into universal, illuminating, and applicable life lessons. 66 illustrations. 8-page color insert. Index. Print features. NPR feature.
One summer in the 1980s, theoretical physicist David Peat went to a Blackfoot Sun Dance Ceremony in Alberta, Canada. Hitherto having spent all his life steeped in and influenced by linear western science, he was entranced by the native world view and, through dialogue circles between scientists and native elders, he began to explore it in greater ...
In this thought-provoking new book, David Bohm, one of today's most foremost scientific thinkers, and David Peat, well-known science writer, contend that science has lost its bearings over the last century and become a narrow, abstracted and fragmented way of approaching nature and reality. The authors propose a return to greater creativity and ...
A comparison of the scientific philosophies of the 19th and 20th centuries--or the path from certainty and faith in progress to uncertainty and relativism.
With fascinating historical anecdotes and incisive scientific analysis, this important work combines ancient thought with modern theory to reveal a new way of viewing our universe that can expand our awareness, our lives, and may well point the way to a new science for the twenty-first century.
David Bohm is one of the foremost scientific thinkers of today and one of the most distinguished theoretical physicists of his generation. His challenge to the conventional understanding of quantum theory has led scientists to re-examine what it is they are doing and to question the nature of their theories and their scientific methodology. ...
ciousness, friend to Oppenheimer, and enemy to the House Un-American Activities Committee, Infinite Potential explains David Bohm's landmark scientific work, including his famous "hidden variables" casual interpretation of quantum mechanics. Photos.
An insightful look into the essence of creativity and the connections between the human imagination and the origins of the universe. "David Peat is exceptionally well qualified to write about creativity, because he combines being a physicist with a wide knowledge of the arts. The book is packed with illuminating insights. "-Anthony Storr, author ...
This is an account of the author's investigation, on behalf of the Canadian government, into the life and ideas of the eccentric genius Nikola Tesla. This is a completely revised and redesigned edition, with a new introduction by the former head of the Tesla Museum, a new chapter and a selection of photographs of Tesla and his work in search of ...
Quantum physics, chaos theory, relativity, complexity, fuzzy logic? If you've ever puzzled over the strange concepts of modern science, here are answers. A readable, entertaining voyage into a world beyond the realm of common sense, illuminating such radical ideas as the many-worlds theory, time travel, black holes, and much more. Illustrated ...
Since Einstein, physicists have been pursuing a single theory that would order all of the elementary particles in the universe and unify all the forces of nature. Such a theory would answer questions like: how did the universe begin?; what is the origin of time?; what is matter? In 1984 a theory - involving "superstrings" - burst upon the ...
In "Science, Order and Creativity", David Bohm and F. David Peat argue that science has lost its way in recent years and needs to go beyond a narrow and fragmented view of nature and embrace a wider holistic view that restores the importance of creativity and communication for all humanity - not just scientists. The result of a close collaboration ...
Human reproductive cloning is an assisted reproductive technology that would be carried out with the goal of creating a newborn genetically identical to another human being. It is currently the subject of much debate around the world, involving a variety of ethical, religious, societal, scientific, and medical issues. "Scientific and Medical ...
A daring fusion of memoir and leading edge explorations from one of the most interesting and innovative thinkers around today. From Liverpool of the Beatles, to the Blackfoot Sundance, to the medieval Italian village where he now lives, Pathways is also a highly readable exploration of the latest ideas in science, psychology, the arts. It includes ...
Topics include the role of belief in the lives of scientists, and the connections and proper boundaries between science and faith; roads to peace; an end to the institution of war; the need for sustainable societies; the nature of the creative act in literature and art; and the experiences of the artist and writer at work and complementarity ...
ciousness, friend to Oppenheimer, and enemy to the House Un-American Activities Committee, Infinite Potential explains David Bohm's landmark scientific work, including his famous "hidden variables" casual interpretation of quantum mechanics. Photos.
This book explores the multiple roles of photography as viewed through perhaps the single most important collection of American photography of the 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s -- the permanent collection of The Museum of Contemporary Photography. Isolating the development of postwar photography into four major roles -- artistic expression, ...
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