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Francis〔Science, Order, and Creativity, by David Bohm and F. David Peat, 1987, Bantam Books, front matter (British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data)〕 David Peat (born 18 April 1938, Waterloo, England) is a holistic physicist and author who has carried out research in solid state physics and the foundation of quantum theory. He is director of the Pari Center for New Learning, which is located in the village of Pari near Grosseto in Tuscany, Italy. He is adjunct professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies and Schumacher College, a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science and a Distinguished Fellow at the University of South Africa. == Education and career == In 1964, Peat received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Liverpool. In 1965, he became assistant professor at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Subsequently, from 1967 to 1975, he worked as research scientist for the National Research Council of Canada. During this time, from 1971 to 1972, he performed a sabbatical study with David Bohm and Roger Penrose at Birkbeck College in London.〔(David F. Peat, currivulum vitae ), Homepage of F. D. Peat〕 For many years he was associated with physicist and philosopher David Bohm; the two wrote the book ''Science, Order, and Creativity'' together, and Peat later wrote Bohm's biography, ''Infinite Potential: The Life and Times of David Bohm''. In the context of this biography, Peat emphasized how Bohm had worked intensely on finding a mathematical expression for his vision of an interconnected, enfolded ''implicate order'', from which an ''explicate order'', the world of classical physics unfolds. Bohm also aimed at re-introducing time as a dynamic entity. According to Peat, the use of the term ''Bohmian mechanics'' for his theory "would have shocked Dave () somewhat": what was happening with the ideas of Bohm's and Hiley's theory, similarly as what had occurred with those of Grassman, Hamilton and Clifford before, was that physicists left the fundamental ideas aside and merely made use of them as an easy manner of performing calculations.〔Simeon Alev: F. David Peat on David Bohm, Krishnamurti and himself: ''Look for Truth No Matter Where It Takes You'' (page 2 ) (retrieved 3 June 2011)〕 While living in Canada, Peat organized discussion circles between Western scientists and Native American elders, together with Leroy Little Bear〔(Pari Center for New Learning: Faculty )〕 who later obtained the 2003 National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Education. While living in London, Peat organized a conference between artists and scientists. In 1996 he moved from Canada to Pari, Italy.〔(Fetzer Institute: David Peat )〕 In 2000, he founded the ''Pari Center for New Learning'', a center dedicated to education, learning and research, together with writer and researcher Maureen Doolan.〔(Maureen Doolan ), biography, Pari Center〕 The activities of the Pari Center comprise residential courses and conferences and possibilities for scholars and researchers to spend extended periods as residents in Pari.〔(The Center ), website of the Pari Center〕 Peat has written on the subjects of science, art, and spirituality and proposed the notions of creative suspension and gentle action. He has authored or co-authored many books including ''Synchronicity: The Bridge between Matter and Mind'', ''Seven Life lessons of Chaos'', ''Turbulent Mirror'', ''Gentle Action'', and ''Pathways of Chance''. His most recent book is ''A Flickering Reality: Cinema and the Nature of Reality''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「F. David Peat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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