Author | David Bohm, F. David Peat |
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Country | United States / United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Subject | Science, Creativity |
Publisher | Bantam Books / Routledge |
Publication date
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1987 / 1989 |
ISBN |
Science, Order, and Creativity is a book by theoretical physicist David Bohm and physicist and writer F. David Peat. It was originally published 1987 by Bantam Books, USA, then 1989 in Great Britain by Routledge. The second edition, published in 2000 after Bohm`s death, comprises a new foreword by Peat as well as an additional introductory chapter, in which a fictitious dialogue between Bohm and Peat serves to introduce the reader to the context and topics of the book.
In Science, Order and Creativity, the authors emphasize the role of creativity and communication for science and, also beyond science, for humanity as a whole.
The book has been cited in the fields of education and science education, and knowledge management, among many others. Referencing this book, in the framework of his concept of a Total human ecosystem, Zev Naveh has also referred to implicate orders as "very important" for multifunctional landscapes in landscape ecology.