Download or read book The Web of Life written by Fritjof Capra and published by HarperPerennial. This book was released on 1997 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capra argues that at the end of the 20th century we are shifting away from the mechanistic world of Descartes and Newton to a holistic, ecological view. He establishes patterns between ideas from such diverse fields as Buddhism and quantum physics.