One summer in the 1980s, theoretical physicist F. David Peat went to a Blackfoot Sun Dance ceremony. Having spent all of his life steeped in and influenced by linear Western science, he was entranced by the Native American worldview and, through dialogue circles between scientists and native elders, he began to explore it in greater depth. Blackfoot Physics is the account of his discoveries. In an edifying synthesis of anthropology, history, metaphysics, cosmology, and quantum theory, Peat compares the medicines, the myths, the languages--the entire perceptions of reality of the Western and indigenous peoples. What becomes apparent is the amazing resemblance between indigenous teachings and some of the insights that are emerging from modern science, a congruence that is as enlightening about the physical universe as it is about the circular evolution of humanity's understanding. Through Peat's insightful observations, he extends our understanding of ourselves, our understanding of the universe, and how the two intersect in a meaningful vision of human life in relation to a greater reality.
David Peat Ordre des livres (chronologique)
Cet auteur, à l'origine un physicien théoricien, étend ses recherches bien au-delà des frontières de la science. Ses intérêts vont de la psychologie de C. G. Jung et de l'art à des aspects culturels plus larges, y compris la culture amérindienne. Ses ouvrages explorent les profondes connexions entre la théorie quantique, le chaos et la synchronicité, s'appuyant souvent sur les idées de David Bohm, avec lequel il a collaboré. En fondant le Pari Center for New Learning en Italie, il favorise davantage l'étude interdisciplinaire et la recherche de nouvelles perspectives.
