Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Here the author engages in what one might call prophetic analysis in order to assess the paths, dangers and strategies associated with the development of…… Read More »
Category: Science Philosophy of Science
The 4th Revolution
Subtitled 'how the infosphere is reshaping reality', this hugely well-informed and well-written book postulates that we are living through a fourth revolution after those of…… Read More »
Faith & Wisdom in Science
In this densely argued and erudite book, physicist Tom McLeish takes a new point of departure in the science-religion debate by pursuing the theme of…… Read More »
Exceptional Creativity in Science and Technology
This volume derives from a conference held at the Institute for Advanced Study and supported by the John Templeton Foundation. It addresses creativity in individuals,…… Read More »
GOD'S BIOLOGIST
I met Sir Alister Hardy on a couple of occasions in the late 1970s and early 80s, once when I had come over from Cambridge…… Read More »
THE SELF CREATING UNIVERSE: THE MAKING OF A WORLDVIEW
Life is full of little resonances and coincidences. One such for me was to find that The Self-Creating Universe, an excellent exposition by SMN member…… Read More »
INCOMPLETE NATURE: HOW MIND EMERGED FROM MATTER
'Tis said that nature abhors a vacuum. But implicit in this phrase is that nature loves a vacuum and rushes in to fill it at…… Read More »
LEARNING FROM LEONARDO
This beautifully written and presented book is the sequel to The Science of Leonardo, published in 2007. Fritjof has steeped himself in the notebooks of…… Read More »
PROCESSES OF LIFE; ESSAYS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY
This collection of papers summarises the experience of one of the leading philosophers of biology, John Dupré [1]. The sixteen originally separate papers aim to…… Read More »
The Systems View of Life
Authors: Fritjof Capra, Pier Luigi Luisi
Reviewer: Vasileios Basios
Category: Science Philosophy of Science
The first thing that bring in mind, to most of us, the name of Fritjof Capra is his first seminal work, the book entitled "The…… Read More »