Thursday, March 29, 2007

"The Turning Point"- Fritjof Capra

Fritjof Carpra, bascially a physicist is known all over the world for his path breaking book - "The Tao Of Physics."
In this book - "The Turning Point", Capra tries to make it clear to the pople reading the book that the wold is nearing a a point in all the fields which he calls the "Turning Point". This Point is to be negotiated very well to get the maximum leverage of the situation and make the inveitable situation that necessiatate a change more pleasing and happy direction provider by just being ready for the change. This change which Capra points out need us to change our way of tought, form the traditional caresian view to the more wholistic view of life. It needs us to understand the subject not just as a peice that functions independently but as one which is intricately coupled and affected by every single thing in the universe.
From his first book I feel his way of writing has improved a lot and is now more intelligible to the reader. I loved the economic section the most personally, I think this is because he has told somethigns that I did not know prior to that.. the science section.. being a science student I feel I knew what he was attempting to pass on to me and so did not feel that section to be all that exciting.
The book is very informative to most of the people, but the only compalint I have against the book is he repeats a lot of the ideas may be coz he want to get the point to the reader at any cost. Over all a good book that gives us a broader view in life, but must bear with repetition of ideas a lot of times.

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