Fritjof Capra Libros

Convertido en una de las figuras más importantes de la humanidad y en el emblema del Renacimiento, la amplia y multidisciplinar obra de Leonardo da Vinci ha sido analizada desde casi todas las perspectivas y en una gran variedad de registros: desde el rigor y el escrúpulo científico hasta las mistificaciones de la literatura comercial y esotérica. Se han analizado a fondo sus pinturas, sus inventos mecánicos, sus dibujos, sus escritos... No obstante, durante años los intereses científicos de Leonardo fueron vistos como apuntes deslavazados, y a menudo incomprensibles, caóticos. Pero en realidad Leonardo se ocupó de forma continua de la ciencia, le dedicó dibujos elaborados, analizó sus hallazgos minuciosamente, en pos de un cuadro coherente y unificador de los fenómenos naturales. Esta riqueza estaba a la espera de un historiador que se dedicase a analizar como ha hecho Capra, el rico material legado. El resultado es "La ciencia de Leonardo", un libro donde la vida del gran pintor italiano se hilvana con sus preocupaciones científicas y que oculta una sorpresa para la evaluación final: los descubrimientos científicos de Da Vinci no sólo se integran armoniosamente con el resto de su actividad artística e imaginativa, sino que prefiguran el método científico y esbozan dos alternativas a los callejones sin salida del mecanicismo: la ecología y el organicismo.

Features Capra in conversation with two Benedictine monks about new parallel thinking in both science and religion, and the parallels between the two subjects.

Over the past thirty years, a new systemic conception of life has emerged at the forefront of science. New emphasis has been given to complexity, networks, and patterns of organisation, leading to a novel kind of 'systemic' thinking. This volume integrates the ideas, models, and theories underlying the systems view of life into a single coherent framework. Taking a broad sweep through history and across scientific disciplines, the authors examine the appearance of key concepts such as autopoiesis, dissipative structures, social networks, and a systemic understanding of evolution. The implications of the systems view of life for health care, management, and our global ecological and economic crises are also discussed. Written primarily for undergraduates, it is also essential reading for graduate students and researchers interested in understanding the new systemic conception of life and its implications for a broad range of professions - from economics and politics to medicine, psychology and law.

Capra argues that at the end of the 20th century we are shifting away from the mechanistic world of Descartes and Newton to a holistic, ecological view. He establishes patterns between ideas from such diverse fields as Buddhism and quantum physics.

"We are trying to apply the concepts of an outdated world view--the mechanistic world view of Cartesian-Newtonian science--to a reality that can no longer be understood in terms of these concepts ... To describe this world appropriately, we need an ecological perspective that the Cartesian world view does not offer." (Preface 15,16)

Fritjof Capra, scientist, educator, activist, and accomplished author, presents the evolution of his thought over five decades in Patterns of Connection. Organised thematically and chronologically, these essays document the revolutionary and far-reaching intellectual journey of one of the major public thinkers of the last half-century.

This text demonstrates how tightly humans are connected with the fabric of life and suggests 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 for the survival of humanity as a whole.

After a quarter of a century in print, Capra's groundbreaking work still challenges and inspires. This updated edition of The Tao of Physics includes a new preface and afterword in which the author reviews the developments of the twenty-five years since the book's first publication, discusses criticisms the book has received, and examines future possibilities for a new scientific world.

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