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Fritjof Capra

Physicist and systems theorist

Currently: founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, California, which promotes ecology and systems thinking in primary and secondary education; faculty member, Schumacher College, an international center for ecological studies in England

Author: five international bestsellers — The Tao of Physics (1975), The Turning Point (1982), Uncommon Wisdom (1988), The Web of Life (1996), and The Hidden Connections (2002); coauthored Green Politics (1984), Belonging to the Universe (1991), and EcoManagement (1993); coedited Steering Business Toward Sustainability (1995). His most recent book, The Science of Leonardo, was published in October, 2007.

Screenplay: Mindwalk (1990), a film based on his books, starring Liv Ullmann, Sam Waterston, and John Heard; created and directed by his brother, Bernt Capra

Education: Ph.D. in theoretical physics, University of Vienna (1996)

Research: in particle physics at University of Paris (1966-68); University of California at Santa Cruz (1968-70); Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (1970); Imperial College, University of London (1971-74); Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory at the University of California (1975-88)

Also engaged in a systematic examination of the philosophical and social implications of contemporary science for the past 30 years

Lectures and seminars: for lay and professional audiences in Europe, Asia, and North and South America

Previously: Faculty positions at U.C. Santa Cruz, U.C. Berkeley, San Francisco State University

Kudos: featured in 50 television interviews, documentaries, and talk shows in Europe, the United States, Brazil, Argentina, and Japan; major newspapers and magazines internationally. Capra was the first subject of the BBC's new documentary series "Beautiful Minds" (2002).

Resides: in Berkeley, California with his wife and daughter

photo by Karl Grossman

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