DOI
ISBN: 978-0-385-47676-8

Summary
Capra, an author capable of finding connections between aspects of life usually considered separately (as in his famous book, The Tao of Physics, where he illustrated the surprisingly deep correspondence between Eastern mysticism and quantum physics.

Relevance for Complex Systems Knowledge
In this more recent book, Capra deals with the emergence of new models and metaphors for understanding life systems, looking at the shift from linear thinking to systems thinking, proposing, as he himself describes, “a new paradigm… [using] … a holistic worldview, seeing the world as an integrated whole, rather than a dissociated collection of parts… recogniz[ing] the fundamental interdependence of all phenomena…”

Point of Strength
Proposal of a new paradigm and of a holistic worldview, seeing the world as an integrated whole