THE TURNING POINT; Science, Society, and the Rising Culture

Fritjof Capra

ISBN 10: 067124423X / ISBN 13: 9780671244231

Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1982

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Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Ill fitting front/rear flaps.; 9.2 X 6.4 X 1.5 inches; 464 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE TURNING POINT; Science, Society, and the Rising Culture
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 067124423X
• ISBN 13: 9780671244231
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science, Medicine & Natural History

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Synopsis

A distinguished physicist draws on contemporary and ancient sources to criticize Western society's perilous overreliance on the scientific method and to forecast an imminent scientific and technological revolution

About the Author

Fritjof Capra, PhD, physicist and systems theorist, is a founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, California. Capra is the author of several international bestsellers, including The Tao of Physics (1975), The Web of Life (1996), The Hidden Connections (2002), The Science of Leonardo (2007), and Learning from Leonardo (2013). He is a founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, California and has been the focus of television documentaries and magazine features. He lives in Berkeley, California.