Reviews
“... a scientist with a daunting curiosity and range of enthusiasms ... a mind that is searching and sympathetic.”
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“David Peat's autobiography is a delightful and informative read.”
David Lorimer, Network Review, Journal of the Scientific and Medical Network
“Peat calls for a transformation of our society to a new order of thought that combines intellectual rigor with creative openness in which reason is enriched by a new logic of compassion, harmony and love. His own life, presented in this engaging spiritual journey, is a persuasive illustration of hat much-needed transformation.”
Resurgence Magazine
What people have said about the book
“David Peat possesses one of the most incisive, expansive minds I've ever known. His work is a fascinating roadmap of twentieth-century learning and a beacon to the future. No one perceives connections or explains them with greater clarity than Peat. This book is a moveable feast.”
Larry Dossey, M.D. Author of Space, Time and Medicine, The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things and Reinventing Medicine.
“Yes, physicists are strange beings and usually we fail to see just what makes them tick or we can't imagine how anyone in their right mind would ever become one. David Peat's new book provides an informative from-the-heart answer. This autobiographical look behind the scenes will inform and engage you as you follow along Dr. Peat's journey through time and meet all the characters he found so interesting.”
Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D. Featured in What the Bleep Do We Know!? Author of The Yoga of Time Travel
“Here we have that rare and wonderful thing: a scientist who can truly write. Peat's autobiography is a daring fusion of the memoir and the cutting-edge essay. It makes a rich and readable introduction, not only to Peat's own extraordinary life and his web of 20th-century connections, but also to some of the most tantalizing ideas and figures of the period, across both science and art. It is, at times, provocative; at other times, poignantly human. Throughout, it is erudite and, above all, keenly concerned about how we, as a species and a planet, move forward in the 21st-century. Peat's words are subtle catalysts, sparking in us our own potential for transformation at all levels of life. Pathways of Chance is a fascinating book, and an important one. Read it now.”
Alison MacLeod, author of The Wave Theory of Angels and Fifteen Modern Tales of Attraction
"David Peat has one of the liveliest, most wide-ranging, depth-probing minds I've ever encountered. Peat's thoughts on physics, philosophy and the arts, put forward in a genial, gracious writing style read like a can't-put-down mystery novel. Pathways of Chance will surely appeal to all who are interested in any of these subjects as well as those who like reading about his and other famous people's fascinating lives."
Joseph Eger, Conductor, Symphony for United Nations and author of Einstein's Violin: A Conductor's Notes on Music, Physics and Social Change
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