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The Hidden Connections: A Science for Sustainable Living | 
 enlarge | Author: Fritjof Capra
Publisher: Anchor
Category: Book
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 51465
Media: Paperback
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0385494726
Dewey Decimal Number: 530
EAN: 9780385494724
ASIN: 0385494726
Publication Date: January 6, 2004
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Fritjof Capra, bestselling author of bThe Tao of Physics/bi /iand bThe Web of Life/b, here explores another frontier in the human significance of scientific ideas#8212;applying complexity theory to large-scale social interaction. brbrIn the 1980s, complexity theory emerged as a powerful alternative to classic, linear thought. A forerunner of that revolution, Fritjof Capra now continues to expand the scope of that theory by establishing a framework in which we can understand and solve some of the most important issues of our time. Capra posits that in order to sustain life, the principles underlying our social institutions must be consistent with the broader organization of nature. Discussing pertinent contemporary issues ranging from the controversial practices of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to the Human Genome Project, he concludes with an authoritative, often provocative plan for designing ecologically sustainable communities and technologies as alternatives to the current economic globalization.
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 connecting June 28, 2008
Mme Marta Santos Romero (france)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As always Fritjof Capra is a master of linking apparently non connected events with a systemic view of life. It is fresh, relaxing, and so rich while making simple views there where others will desperately look for complicated concepts and theories. I think Capra's mind is not far away from Da Vinci's and the new full, humanistic, interdependent kind of human beings. br /I thank him for every tiny bit of his thoughts in continuity with his movie "Mind Walk" that some day... some day... we will have available in DVD version.
A blueprint for sustainable thinking June 14, 2008
Antonio Lopez (Brooklyn, NY)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Capra attempts to connect biological models with cognition and social structures. It has inspired me to think about media in new, ecological terms. This is a great book for defining paradigms. The first section, which focuses a lot on technical biological science lays the groundwork for the rest of the book. Gene and cell networks can be applied to how cultures and societies are structured. Some chapters are truly scary (such as the section on biotechnology), and others are very uplifting (like the chapter "Changing the Game"). This book is a must have for people looking for a sustainable blueprint to the future.
 CAPRA May 14, 2008
Dr. Erich Wessner
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
ITS IS RIDICULOUS and upsetting ! br /I still did not receive the delivery of the books odered and paid! in APRIL. br / br /There is no option on your website to complain about late deliveries but you dare to ask about reviews without checking if you fullfilled your obligations br /------------- br /Dr.Erich Wessner br /CEO CYBER-CONSULT br /+971 50 5539474 br /........................................ br / br / br /
This is an eye opening book October 21, 2006
John Inman (Redmond, OR USA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
As in Capra's other books, he provides a easy to understand and compelling look at living systems. In this book he takes a substantial leap forward in providing a broad based look at the evolution of the field and the impact on systems that we are now experiencing in our world. He also provides examples and references to successful examples of what we can do if we have the will to do so. What a powerful reference and one that I refer to regularly. If there was but one book to understand living systems and how the science has evolved and the impact on our world, please read this book. I can not recommend it more highly.
As wide-ranging and thoughtful as Capra's other books. February 23, 2005
Bill Godfrey (Mt Stuart, TAS Australia)
51 out of 52 found this review helpful
This is a valuable successor to Capra's earlier books, all of which seek to discuss matters of critical societal and ecological concern within the framework of scientific analysis and understanding. br / br /The book is in two parts. The first three chapters provide a brilliant summary of current thinking about the nature of life, mind and consciousness, and social reality as an emergent property of social organization seen as a complex adaptive system. It's very good but not easy to read. The remaining four chapters and epilogue can be read separately, although they rely on the theories in the first part. They form a wide-ranging critique of the current governance of organisations and of globalisation, with what amounts to a very detailed case study of how these structures produce the fundamentally dishonest and very dangerous commercial drive to GM foods. The final chapter offers broad guidelines for reshaping the current political and economic framework to bring economic incentives into harmony with the needs of society and the natural world.
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