The Web of Life

376 Pages·1996·20.749 MB·English

by  Fritjof Capra

U.S. $23.95/Canada $32.95
This we know.
All things are connected
like the blood
which unites one family ...
Whatever befalls the earth,
befalls the sons and daughters of the
earth.
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Man did not weave the web of life;
he is merely a strand in it.
Whatever he does to the web,
he does to himself.
—Ted Perry j
(inspired by Chief Seattle)
The vitality and accessibility of Fritjof
Capra's ideas have made him one of the
most eloquent spokespersons for the
latest finds emerging at the frontiers of
scientific, social, and philosophical
thought. In his international bestsellers
The Tao of Physics and The Turning Point
he juxtaposed physics and mysticism to
define a new vision of reality. Now
Capra takes yet another giant step,
setting forth a new scientific language
to describe the interrelationships and
interdependencies of psychological,
biological, physical, social, and cultural
phenomena—the "web of life."
During the past twenty-five years,
scientists have challenged conventional
views of evolution and the organization
of living systems, developing new
theories with revolutionary philosophi¬
cal and social implications. Fritjof Capra
has been at the forefront of this
revolution. In The Web of Life Capra
offers a brilliant synthesis of such recent
scientific breakthroughs as the theory of
complexity, Gaia theory, chaos theory,
and other explanations of the properties
of organisms, social systems, and
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The Web of Life
Digitized by the Internet Archive
in 2018 with funding from
Kahle/Austin Foundation
https://archive.org/details/weboflifenewscieOOcapr
Also by Fritjof Capra
The Tao of Physics
The Turning Point
Uncommon Wisdom
Belonging to the Universe
A New
Scientific
Understanding
of Living
Systems
Fritjof Capra
THE
WEB
OF
LIFE
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Capra, Fritjof.
The web of life: a new scientific understanding of living systems
Fritjof Capra.—1st Anchor Books ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Life (Biology) 2. Biological systems. 3. System theory. I. Title.
QH501.C375 1996
574,.01—dc20 96-12576
CIP
ISBN 0-385-47675-2
Copyright © 1996 by Fritjof Capra
All Rights Reserved
Printed in the United States of America
First Anchor Books Edition: October 1996
10 987654321