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The Systems View of Life : A Unifying Vision / Fritjof Capra, formally of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA, USA, Pier Luigi Luisi, University of Rome 3, Italy.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014Description: xiv, 498 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781107011366 (hardback)
  • 9781316616437
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.201 CAP 23
LOC classification:
  • Q175 .C2455 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Contents THE MECHANISTIC WORLDVIEW 7; The Newtonian worldmachine 19; The mechanistic view of life 35; Mechanistic social thought 45; From the parts to the whole 63; Classical systems theories 84; Complexity theory 98; What is life? 129; Order and complexity in the living world 144; Darwin and biological evolution 182; The quest for the origin of life on Earth 216; The human adventure 240; Mind and consciousness 252; Science and spirituality 275; Life mind and society 297; The systems view of health 322; The ecological dimension of life 341; systems thinking and the state of the world 362; Systemic solutions 394; Bibliography 453; Index 472; Copyright
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Contents
THE MECHANISTIC WORLDVIEW 7;
The Newtonian worldmachine 19;
The mechanistic view of life 35;
Mechanistic social thought 45;
From the parts to the whole 63;
Classical systems theories 84;
Complexity theory 98;
What is life? 129;
Order and complexity in the living world 144;
Darwin and biological evolution 182;
The quest for the origin of life on Earth 216;
The human adventure 240;
Mind and consciousness 252;
Science and spirituality 275;
Life mind and society 297;
The systems view of health 322;
The ecological dimension of life 341;
systems thinking and the state of the world 362;
Systemic solutions 394;
Bibliography 453;
Index 472;
Copyright