1st Edition

Science, Order and Creativity

By David Bohm, F. David Peat Copyright 2010
360 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages
by Routledge

One of the foremost scientists and thinkers of our time, David Bohm worked alongside Oppenheimer and Einstein. In Science, Order and Creativity he and physicist F. David Peat propose a return to greater creativity and communication in the sciences. They ask for a renewed emphasis on ideas rather than formulae, on the whole rather than fragments, and on meaning rather than mere mechanics.... Read more
Preface. Introduction. Chapter 1 - Revolutions, Theories and Creativity in Science. Chapter 2 - Science as Creative Perception-Communication. Chapter 3 - What is Order?. Chapter 4 - The Generative Order and the Implicate Order. Chapter 5 - Generative Order in Science, Society, and Consciousness. Chapter 6 - Creativity in the Whole of Life. Chapter 7 - The Order Between and Beyond.

Biography

David Bohm (1917-1992) was Professor of Theoretical Physics at Birkbeck College, London, and one of the most original thinkers of the second half of the twentieth century.

F. David Peat (b. 1938) is a holistic physicist and author of several books on the subjects of science, art, philosophy, psychology and society.

"An outstanding probe of the creative process in science."
-Marilyn Ferguson, author of The Aquarian Conspiracy

"A rare combination of depth and breadth, this probing book stirs both the mind and the heart, and attracts and inspires on many levels: philosophical, scientific, existential and spiritual."
-Dr. Renée Weber, author of Dialogues with Scientists and Sages: The Search for Unity