The web of life
Author | : John H. Storer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : Ecology |
ISBN | : 9780451628411 |
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Author | : John H. Storer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : Ecology |
ISBN | : 9780451628411 |
Author | : Fritjof Capra |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 1997-09-15 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0385476760 |
The vitality and accessibility of Fritjof Capra's ideas have made him perhaps the most eloquent spokesperson of the latest findings emerging at the frontiers of scientific, social, and philosophical thought. In his international bestsellers The Tao of Physics and The Turning Point, he juxtaposed physics and mysticism to define a new vision of reality. In The Web of Life, Capra takes yet another giant step, setting forth a new scientific language to describe interrelationships and interdependence of psychological, biological, physical, social, and cultural phenomena--the "web of life." During the past twenty-five years, scientists have challenged conventional views of evolution and the organization of living systems and have developed new theories with revolutionary philosophical and social implications. Fritjof Capra has been at the forefront of this revolution. In The Web of Life, Capra offers a brilliant synthesis of such recent scientific breakthroughs as the theory of complexity, Gaia theory, chaos theory, and other explanations of the properties of organisms, social systems, and ecosystems. Capra's surprising findings stand in stark contrast to accepted paradigms of mechanism and Darwinism and provide an extraordinary new foundation for ecological policies that will allow us to build and sustain communities without diminishing the opportunities for future generations. Now available in paperback for the first time, The Web of Life is cutting-edge science writing in the tradition of James Gleick's Chaos, Gregory Bateson's Mind and Matter, and Ilya Prigogine's Order Out of Chaos.
Author | : Jason W. Moore |
Publisher | : Verso Books |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2015-08-18 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1781689024 |
Integrating both social and historical factors, this radical analysis of the development of capitalism reveals the ever-deepening relationship between capital and ecology Finance. Climate. Food. Work. How are the crises of the twenty-first century connected? In Capitalism in the Web of Life, Jason W. Moore argues that the sources of today’s global turbulence have a common cause: capitalism as a way of organizing nature, including human nature. Drawing on environmentalist, feminist, and Marxist thought, Moore offers a groundbreaking new synthesis: capitalism as a “world-ecology” of wealth, power, and nature. Capitalism’s greatest strength—and the source of its problems—is its capacity to create Cheap Natures: labor, food, energy, and raw materials. That capacity is now in question. Rethinking capitalism through the pulsing and renewing dialectic of humanity-in-nature, Moore takes readers on a journey from the rise of capitalism to the modern mosaic of crisis. Capitalism in the Web of Life shows how the critique of capitalism-in-nature—rather than capitalism and nature—is key to understanding our predicament, and to pursuing the politics of liberation in the century ahead.
Author | : Fritjof Capra |
Publisher | : HarperPerennial |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Biological systems |
ISBN | : 9780006547518 |
Capra argues that at the end of the 20th century we are shifting away from the mechanistic world of Descartes and Newton to a holistic, ecological view. He establishes patterns between ideas from such diverse fields as Buddhism and quantum physics.
Author | : Tara Bennett-Goleman |
Publisher | : Harmony |
Total Pages | : 435 |
Release | : 2002-01-22 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 0609809032 |
“May this very important and enticing book find its way into the hearts of readers near and far so that it can perform its mysterious and healing alchemy for the benefit of all.” —John Kabat-Zinn, author of Wherever You Go, There You Are and Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School The Transformative Power of Mindfulness Alchemists sought to transform lead into gold. In the same way, says Tara Bennett-Goleman, we all have the natural ability to turn our moments of confusion or emotional pain into insightful clarity. Emotional Alchemy maps the mind and shows how, according to recent advances in cognitive therapy, most of what troubles us falls into ten basic emotional patterns, including fear of abandonment, social exclusion (the feeling that we don’t belong), and vulnerability (the feeling that some catastrophe will occur). This remarkable book also teaches us how we can free ourselves of such patterns and replace them with empathy for ourselves and others through the simple practice of mindfulness, an awareness that lets us see things as they truly are without distortion or judgment. Emotional Alchemy provides an insightful explanation of how mindfulness can change not only our lives, but the very structure of our brains, giving us the freedom to be more creative and alive. Here is a beautifully rendered work full of Buddhist wisdom and stories of how people have used mindfulness to conquer their self-defeating habits. The result is a whole new way of approaching our relationships, work, and internal lives.
Author | : Stephen Daubert |
Publisher | : Vanderbilt University Press |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780826515094 |
Creative, science-grounded stories about nature for the curious and imaginative of all ages.
Author | : Fritjof Capra |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 513 |
Release | : 2014-04-10 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1107011361 |
The first volume to integrate life's biological, cognitive, social, and ecological dimensions into a single, coherent framework.
Author | : Scott D. Sampson |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2011-06-28 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0520269896 |
"The best general-audience dinosaur book since the Dinosaur Renaissance began in the 1970s."—Philip J. Currie, coeditor of Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, from the foreword “Dinosaur Odyssey is not only a personable and highly accessible tour of the up-to-date discoveries about the gigantic and famous. It also builds on dinosaur paleontology to far-ranging topics like extinction, climate change, and the possibility of life on Mars. The gift to the reader is both fascination and enlightenment.”—Michael Novacek, author of Terra and Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs "An odyssey indeed! One of the world's leading dinosaur paleontologists, Sampson draws on a wide variety of sciences, from astronomy and cosmology to microbiology and ecology, in order to portray dinosaurs as living animals. The reader is in for a treat and will emerge with fresh and valuable insights."—Peter Dodson, author of The Horned Dinosaurs
Author | : Andrew Solway |
Publisher | : Raintree |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1406232602 |
Food Chains and Webs explains that feeding relationships are at the heart of life on Earth. It looks at the different types of living thing in a food web - from producer to top consumer - as well as food pyramids and topics like bioaccumulation. It tackles common confusions about the science and shows how topics are relevant to the reader.