- Science, Globalization, Philosophy, Biotechnology
In this book, the author applies the principles of complexity theory to an analysis of the broad sphere of all human interactions. The author points out that in order to sustain life in the future, the principles underlying our social institutions must be consistent with the organization that nature has evolved to sustain the "web of life."
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- contemporarynostalgic
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- Author
- Fritjof Capra
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers, Doubleday, Anchor
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780006551584
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“before introducing the new unified framework for the understanding of biological and social phenomena, I would like to revisit the age-old question "What is life?" and look at it with fresh eyes.”
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