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Fritjof Capra
Capra in 2010
Born
(1939-02-01) February 1, 1939 (age 85)
Vienna, Austria
Alma mater
University of Vienna
Known for
Ecoliteracy Popularizing systems theory[1]
Scientific career
Fields
Physics, systems theory
Institutions
U.C. Santa Cruz, U.C. Berkeley, San Francisco State University
Writing career
Notable works
The Tao of Physics The Turning Point
Fritjof Capra (born February 1, 1939) is an Austrian-born American author, physicist, systems theorist and deep ecologist.[2] In 1995, he became a founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, California. He is on the faculty of Schumacher College.
Capra is the author of several books, including The Tao of Physics (1975), The Turning Point (1982), Uncommon Wisdom (1988), The Web of Life (1996), and The Hidden Connections (2002), and co-author of The Systems View of Life (2014).
^Capra, Fritjof (1982). The Turning Point, Bantam Books, New York.
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the metaphor of Shiva's cosmic dance with quotations from physicist FritjofCapra: Hundreds of years ago, Indian artists created visual images of dancing...
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of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems, physicist FritjofCapra makes extensive reference to Varela and Maturana's theory of autopoiesis...
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