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Pathways of Chance is F. David Peat's twentieth book. Over the years he has explored ideas in science, consciousness, society, spirituality and new forms of action in Canada, England and Italy. He has dialogued with everyone from philosophers and Native Americans to artists and composers. Peat obtained his PhD at Liverpool University and carried out research in theoretical physics at Queens University (Canada) and the National Research Council of Canada. He became a close associate of the physicist David Bohm. In addition to scientific research Peat took a deep interest in the approaches of Carl Jung and has given workshops at many Jungian conferences and centers. While in North America, Peat organized a series of circles of Native American Elders and Western Scientists as well as between artists and scientists. Peat is also the author of some twenty books exploring scientific ideas, examining the social implications of science, exploring Jungian ideas and looking at creativity.

In 1996 Peat moved to the medieval hill top village of Pari, near to Siena, where he established the Pari Center for New Learning to run conferences, courses, research projects and host an active program of visitors. The Center's maxim, taken from the writings of Carlo Levi, is "The future has an ancient heart". The Center's main focus is on science, art, community and the sacred.

Author Statement

«Pathways of Chance was a joy to write. It was an opportunity to look back on my life, recall the people I had met and explore the ideas that had intrigued me. The book begins in wartime England, continues with my life as a student in Liverpool at the time of the Beatles, it then moves to Canada, to a meeting with the physicist and philosopher, David Bohm, an encounter with the Blackfoot and other Native Americans, to my ongoing interactions with artists and finally a move to a medieval hilltop village in Italy and the creation of the Pari Center for New Learning.

The book is not only about my personal encounters, it is also an exploration and explanation of the ideas I have spent my life investigating: the mysteries of quantum reality, the paradox of "Schrödinger's Cat", David Bohm's proposal that an activity of information pervades the universe and that mind was present from the beginning. The book discusses how the languages we speak affect what we see and do. It touches on synchronicities (meaningful coincidences) and the ideas of Carl Jung, it looks at the way our understanding of the cosmos may be encoded within our bodies, the relationship between art and science, the possibility of new forms of ethical action and my hopes for the future.»

Released by Pari Publishing

Pathways of Chance

Work in Progress

Science, Art and the Sacred

Gentle Action

Published works by F. David Peat

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