Science, Order and Creativity (Routledge Classics)

One of the foremost scientists and thinkers of our time, David Bohm worked alongside Oppenheimer and Einstein. In Science, Order and Creativity he and physicist F. David Peat propose a return to greater creativity and communication in the sciences. They ask for a renewed emphasis on ideas rather than formulae, on the whole rather than fragments, and on meaning rather than mere mechanics. Tracing the history of science from Aristotle to Einstein, from the Pythagorean theorem to quantum mechanics, the authors offer intriguing new insights into how scientific theories come into being, how to eliminate blocks to creativity and how science can lead to a deeper understanding of society, the human condition and the human mind itself. Science, Order and Creativity looks to the future of science with elegance, hope and enthusiasm. "Where does reality lie? In the equations of physics? In scientific theories or the creative imagination? In wholes or fragments? In meaning or mechanics?" "In Science, Order, and Creativity, David Bohm and David Peat argue that science must go beyond a narrow and fragmented view of nature and embrace a wider holistic view that restores the importance of creativity and communication for all humanity - not just scientists." "The second edition includes a new preface and an additional chapter by David Peat which draws upon further discussions with David Bohm before the latter's death in 1992. A diagnosis and considered proposal for a cure for science's ills, it is also a very accessible entry point to the work of David Bohm." --Book Jacket Tracing the history of science from Aristotle to Einstein, from the Pythagorean theorem to quantum mechanics, this title offers intriguing insights into how scientific theories come into being, how to eliminate blocks to creativity and how science can lead to an understanding of society, the human condition and the human mind itself. Preface -- Introduction -- Revolutions, Theories, and Creativity in Science -- Science as Creative Perception-Communication -- What Is Order? -- The Generative Order and the Implicate Order -- Generative Order in Science, Society, and Consciousness -- Creativity in the Whole of Life -- The Order Between and Beyond -- Notes -- Index.