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F. David Peat was born in Liverpool and was awarded a PhD at Liverpool University before moving to Canada. For a number of years he carried out research in theoretical physics but his constant desire to find “the question that lies behind the question” led to an encounter with the physicist and philosopher David Bohm, whom Einstein had described as his “spiritual son”. The two remained friends and were working together on a second book at the time of Bohm's death.

In 1979 Peat decided to focus on writing and is now author of over twenty books that deal with such topics as Jungian synchronicity, creativity, chaos theory, quantum theory and the Native American universe. In 2007 Pari Publishing brought out his scientific autobiography Pathways of Chance. Peat has also organized meetings of artists and scientists, and scientists and Native American elders.

In 1996 Peat moved from Canada to the medieval hilltop village of Pari near Siena in Tuscany. There he and his wife established the Pari Center for New Learning which holds conferences and courses as well as an active visitors program.

Author Statement

About Gentle Action: Bringing Creative to a Turbulent World the author writes:

«This book has had a long gestation. In 1988 I was invited to give the keynote address at a conference organized by the Royal Society of Canada. In part I was asking how, in the light of the discoveries of chaos theory, should we approach the complex social, natural and economic systems that surround us. It was during the discussion that followed I first used the term “gentle action”. That same year I had also been asked to write for the inaugural issue of a new scholarly journal and devised the notion of “creative suspension”.

These two concepts began to grow and mature over the following years and by the time I had established the Pari Center I had increasing contact with business leaders and consultants and organized two conferences on business ethics. In this way the initial idea blossomed into the present book. »

To be released by Pari Publishing

Gentle Action: Bringing Creative Change to a Turbulent World

Published works by F. David Peat

Pathways of Chance

Pari Publishing, 2007

Blackfoot Physics: A Journey into the Native American Universe

New expanded edition; Red Wheel/Weiser, Boston, 2005

In Search of Nicola Tesla

New expanded edition; Ashgrove Publishing, 2003

From Certainty to Uncertainty: The Story of Science and Ideas in the Twentieth Century

Joseph Henry Press (National Academy of Sciences), Washington, 2002

The Blackwinged Night: Creativity in Mind and Nature

Perseus Books, Boston, 2000

Science, Order and Creativity

(with David Bohm) New edition with new chapters, Routledge, London, 2000

Seven Life Lessons of Chaos: Timeless Wisdom from the Science of Change

(with John Briggs) Harper Collins, N.Y., 1999

Who's Afraid of Schrödinger's Cat? All the New Science Ideas You Need to Keep Up with the New Thinking

Ian Marshall and Danah Zohar with major contributions by F. David Peat. William Morrow, New York 1997

Infinite Potential: The Life and Times of David Bohm

Addison-Wesley Publishers, N.Y., 1996

Glimpsing Reality: Ideas in Physics and the Link to Biology

(with Paul Buckley) University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1996

Philosopher's Stone: Chaos, Synchronicity and the Unfolding Order of the World

Bantam Books, NY. 1991

Einstein's Moon: Bell's Theorem and the Curious Quest for Quantum Reality

Contemporary Books, Chicago, 1990

The Turbulent Mirror: A Visitor's Guide to the Science of Chaos and Change

(with John Briggs) Harper and Row, N.Y., 1989

Cold Fusion: The Making of a Scientific Controversy

Contemporary Books, Chicago, 1989

Superstrings: And the Search for the Theory of Everything

Contemporary Books, N.Y., 1988

Artificial Intelligence: How Machines Think (2nd Revised Edition)

Baen Books, N.Y., 1988

Synchronicity: The Bridge between Matter and Mind

Bantam Books, N.Y., 1987

Quantum Implications: Essays in Honour of David Bohm

edited with Basil Hiley. Routledge, 1987

The Looking Glass Universe

(with J Briggs) Simon & Schuster, N.Y., 1984

The Armchair Guide to Murder and Detection

Deneau, Ottawa, 1984

The Nuclear Book

Deneau and Greenberg, Ottawa, 1979

A Question of Physics

(with P. Buckley) University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1979