The predicament of all life is uncertainty. 
 While humans have had to deal with chaos since ancient times, only recent has science recognized it as a fundamental force in the universe. 
 Chaos, theory, originally used to understand the movements that create thunderstorms, raging rivers, and hurricanes, is now being applied to everything from medicine to warfare to social dynamics and theories about how organizations form and change. Chaos is evolving from a scientific theory into a cultural metaphor. As a metaphor it allows us to query some of our most cherished assumptions and encourages us to ask fresh questions about reality. 
 Our modern society has been obsessed with conquering and scientifically controlling the world around us. However, chaotic, nonlinear systems--such as nature, society, and our individual lives--lie beyond all our attempts to predict, manipulate, and control them. Chaos suggests that instead of resisting life's uncertainties, we should embrace the possibilities they offer. 
 In this groundbreaking new book, John Briggs and F. David Peat unfold seven lessons for embracing chaos in daily life: 
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<li>Be Creative: how to engage with chaos to find imaginative new solutions and live more dynamically </li>
<li>Use Butterfly Power: how to let chaos grow local efforts into global results </li>
<li>Go with the Flow: how to use chaos to work collectively with others </li>
<li>Explore What's Between: how to discover life's rich subtleties and avoid the traps of stereotypes</li>
<li>See the Art of the World: how to appreciate the beauty of life's chaos </li>
<li>Live Within Time: how to utilize time's hidden depths </li>
<li>Rejoin the Whole: how to realize our fractal connectedness to each other and the world</li>
</ol> If you ever felt your life was out of control and headed toward chaos, science has an important message: Life is chaos, and that's a very exciting thing.

Seven Life Lessons of Chaos: Timeless Wisdom from the Science of Change

Health, Fitness & Dieting

F. David Peat

John Briggs

Alternative Medicine

Harper

Superstrings and the Search for the Theory of Everything

Since Einstein, physicists have been pursuing a holy grail - a single theory that would order all the subatomic particles in the universe and unify the forces of nature.  Such a theory would answer questions like: How did the universe begin?  What is the origin of time?  What is matter?  What is the ultimate meaning of physical laws?  F. David Peat explains the development and meaning of the theory they came up with - the Superstrings Theory - in a thoroughly readable, dramatic manner accessible to lay readers, even those with no knowledge of maths.  The theory states that everything in the universe - matter, forces, even space itself - consists of minuscule strings of ten dimensions, six of which are so tightly curled up that only four are visible to us.  The consequences of this theory are nothing less than astonishing.

Science & Math

History & Philosophy

Little,Brown

With fascinating historical anecdotes and incisive scientific analysis, this important work combines ancient thought with modern theory to reveal a new way of viewing our universe that can expand our awareness, our lives, and may well point the way to a new science for the twenty-first century.

Synchronicity: The Bridge Between Matter and Mind

BANTAM BOOKS

This book contains interviews with physicists, biologists, and chemists who have been involved in some of the most exciting discoveries in modern scientific thought. The conversations—with Bohm, Pattee, Penrose, Rosen, Rosenfeld, Somorjai, Weizsäcker, Wheeler, and Nobel prizewinners Heisenberg, Dirac, and Prigogine—explore issues which have shaped modern physics and those which hint at what may form the next scientific revolution.  The discussions range over a set of basic problems in physical theory and their possible solutions—the understanding of space and time, quantum and relativity theories and recent attempts to unite them—and deal with related questions in theoretical biology. The approach is non-technical, with an emphasis on the assumptions of modern science and their implications for understanding the world we live in.  The book, which originated in a highly successful radio series, provides a vivid first-hand account of some of the astounding and perplexing developments in modern science, a rare overview that will intrigue the informed non-scientist and the scientist alike. 

Question of Physics Conversations In Physics and Biology

Paul Buckley

Routledge

Time Warner Abacus & Orbit*

A Question of Physics Conversations in Physics and Biology

University of Toronto Press

After twenty years of going it alone, we are delighted to announced that Ashgrove is now an imprint of Hollydata Publishers Limited, an independent and energetic publishing company.While still drawing inspiration from the beautiful Somerset countryside around the famous city of Bath, the list is now strengthened by a London connection -- by new ideas and new resources. This will enable us to be more effective in publishing books which help to balance the changing energies available to mind, body and spirit.Under the new imprint, Ashgrove Publishing, we hope to be at the interface where inspiration becomes practice through human endeavor. Our aim is to make books that are accessible and timely, well edited and produced and, above all, say something worth saying.We hope that our reinvigorated association with Words Distributing Company will help us reach new audiences in the U.S. Please let us know what you think of our books; we're keen to have your opinions and we welcome your feedback.For legions of regular runners, and for many of those now taking up the sport, physical and mental blocks can stop progress far short of full potential. Too often, an activity which should be pleasurable and fulfilling leads instead to frustration and physical injury. Basing their approach on the Alexander Technique principles of right use and lack of endgaining, the authors explore the physical, mental, and emotional aspects of safe, efficient, and effective -- and enjoyable -- running.

In Search of Nikola Tesla

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Ashgrove Publishing

Blackfoot Physics : A Journey into the Native American Worldview

In the 1980s, theoretical physicist David Peat went to a Blackfoot Sun Dance ceremony in Alberta, Canada, and was entranced by the native world view which he began to explore in greater depth. This book is the account of his discoveries. In a synthesis of anthropology, history, metaphysics, cosmology and quantum theory, the author compares the medicines, the myths, the languages, indeed the entire perceptions of reality of the two peoples, Western and indigenous. He goes on to show the amazing resemblance between indigenous teachings and some of the insights which are emerging from modern science, a congruence which touches on the physical universe and man's understanding of it. David Peat is the author of "Einstein's Moon: Bell's Theorem and The Curious Quest for Quantum Reality", "Sychronicity: the Bridge between Matter and Mind", and "Turbulent Mirror".

Blackfoot Physics: A Journey into the Native American Universe

Fourth Estate Ltd.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Fourth Estate

One summer in the 1980s, theoretical physicist F. David Peat went to the Blackfoot Sun Dance ceremony in Alberta, Canada. Having spent all his life steeped in and influenced by linear Western science, he was entranced by the Native American worldview and, through dialogue circles between scientists and Native Elders, he began to explore it in greater depth. 
"Blackfoot Physics" is the account of his discoveries. In an edifying synthesis of anthropology, history, metaphysics, cosmology and quantum theory, Peat compares the medicines, the myths, the languages, indeed the entire perceptions of reality of the Western and indigenous peoples. What becomes apparent is the amazing resemblance between indigenous teachings and some of the insights that are emerging from modern science, a congruence that is as enlightening about the physical universe as it is about the circular evolution of humanity's understanding. Through Peat's insightful observations, he extends our understanding of ourselves, our understanding of the universe, and how the two intersect in a meaningful vision of human life in relation to a greater reality. 
"Blackfoot Physics" is a book that will captivate anyone with an interest in the relationship between science, spirituality, and the different ways of knowing.

Literature & Fiction

Phanes Press

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