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Fritjof Capra
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As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born U.S. scientist. Quoted in: Fritjof Capra, _The Tao of Physics_, ch. 2 (1975).
 

Fritjof Capra is a theoretical high-energy physicist, author, and writer of the screenplay for the film MINDWALK. Born in Vienna, Austria on February 1, 1939, he received his Ph.D. on the gravitational collapse of neutron stars from the University of Vienna in 1966 where he studied with Werner Heisenberg. He taught and researched theoretical high-energy physics at Orsay in Paris from 1966-1968, the University of California in Santa Cruz from 1968-1970, Stanford Linear Accelerator Centre, and at the Imperial College in London. Capra founded and served as Director of the Elmwood Institute, Berkeley, which is dedicated to nurturing new ecological visions and applying them to current social, economic and environmental problems. He has published many technical papers and lectured extensively on the philosophical implications of modern science. He does research at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and lectures at the University of California, Berkeley.
 

PUBLICATIONS:

"The Tao of Physics," London 1975
"The Turning Point," New York 1981
"Uncommon Wisdom," New York 1988
_The Web Of Life_

• techno release _The Web Of Life_ 12"x2 on Peacefrog #038 (1995)

• a1 - Dan Curtin -  _Matter Of Sound_
• a2 - Space - _Quantum_
• b1 - Dan Curtain - _Biotic_
• b2 - Space - _Interstellar Perception_
• c1 - Prototype - _The Path_
• c2 - Planetary - _Subconscious Awareness_
• d1 - Dan Curtain - _3rd From The Sun_
• d2 - Space - _Envision_

At each level the system under consideration may constitute an individual organism. A cell may be part of a tissue by may also be a microorganism which is part of an ecosystem, and very often it is impossible to draw a clear-cut distinction between these descriptions. Every sub-system is a relatively autonomous organism while also being a component of a larger organism; it is a "holon," in Arthur Koestler's term, manifesting both the independent properties of wholes and the dependent properties of parts. Thus the pervasiveness or order in the universe takes on a new meaning; order at one systems level is the consequence of self-organization at a larger level.

- Fritjof Capra - _The Turning Point_

film_Mindwalk_ based on his writings.

Capra, Fritjof. Dance of Shiva. Main Currents, September-October, 1972, volume 29, pages 15-20.
 
  

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