Fritjof Capra

Capra is the author of several books, including The Tao of Physics (1975), The Turning Point (1982), Uncommon Wisdom (1988), The Web of Life (1996), and The Hidden Connections (2002), and co-author of The Systems View of Life (2014).

Fritjof Capra studied at University of Vienna. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is physics and quantum mysticism. Gregory Bateson is recorded as an influence. Works named in the authority record are The Tao of Physics. Distinctions recorded are American Book Awards.

• Name — Fritjof Capra • Born — 1 February 1939 • Birthplace — Vienna, Austria • Field — Physics, systems theory • Workplaces — U.C. Santa Cruz, U.C. Berkeley, San Francisco State University • Education — University of Vienna • Known for — * Ecoliteracy • Systems thinking in ecological education • Thesis Year — 1966 • Thesis Title — Feldtheoretisches Modell des Gravitationskollapses von Neutronensternen • Thesis Url — https: www.mathgenealogy.org/id.php?id=219816 • Doctoral Advisor — Walter Thirring

Born in Vienna, Austria, Capra attended the University of Vienna, where he earned his PhD in theoretical physics in 1966. He conducted research in particle physics and systems theory at the University of Paris (1966–1968), the University of California, Santa Cruz (1968–1970), the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (1970), Imperial College, London (1971–1974) and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (1975–1988). While at Berkeley, he was a member of the Fundamental Fysiks Group, founded in May 1975 by Elizabeth Rauscher and George Weissmann, which met weekly to discuss philosophy and quantum physics. He also taught at U.C. Santa Cruz, U.C. Berkeley, and San Francisco State University. He has written popular books on the implications of science, notably The Tao of Physics (1975), subtitled An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism. The Tao of Physics asserts that both physics and metaphysics lead inexorably to the same knowledge. After touring Germany in the early 1980s, Capra co-wrote Green Politics with author Charlene Spretnak in 1984. Capra contributed to the screenplay for the 1990 movie Mindwalk, starring Liv Ullmann, Sam Waterston and John Heard. The film is loosely based on his book, The Turning Point. In 1991 Capra co-authored Belonging to the Universe with David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine monk. Using Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions as a stepping stone, the book explores parallels between new paradigm thinking in science and in religion; the authors posit that, together, these new paradigms offer remarkably compatible views about the universe. He is a founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy located in Berkeley, California, which promotes ecology and systems thinking in primary and secondary education. Capra is an Earth Charter International Council member.