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raed wn ited by Rash Nand Ashen Kenneth Ca, Ricard Cone "Werner Hetaerg an leh Kowal fh Appt Ga ges Mor ety of Fos, Sepa Radars eof Mo, Maro Pe ah and Ry Mice ne he Mong ofthe Tenia Cea, Ket E.Roing WORLD PERSPECTIVES WERNER HEISENBERG Physics and Philosophy ‘THE REVOLUTION IN MODERN SCIENCE ‘Ruskin House GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD ‘abet wc ne ene Cen Al ie ae elo fr ag wd na eh eS a iy all ‘ar pom of pie nur i ed mse oe ees WORLD PERSPECTIVES ‘wont rensrecrives is plan to present short books ina variety Of field by the most responsible of contemporary thinkers. The purpose is to reveal basic new trends in modern civilization, to Interpret the creative forces at workin the East as well asi the West, and to point to the new consciousness which can contr bute toa deeper understanding of the interrelation of man and the universe, the individual and society, and of the values shared by all people. WoRLD pexsrscrivis represents the world com- ‘munity of ideas ina universe of discourse, emphasising the prin- ciple of unity in mankind, of permanence within change. Recent developments in many fields of thought have opened unsuspected prospects for a deeper understanding of man's situa- tion and for a proper appreciation of human values and human aspirations. These prospects, though the outcome of purely specialized seuies in limited fields, require for their analysis and synthesis a new structure and frame in which they can be ex: plored, enriched and advanced in all their aspects fr the benefit ‘of man and society. Such structure and frame itis the endeavour (of WORLD PERSPECTIVES to define leading hopefully to a doctrine of man, A further purpose of this Series is to attempt to overcome a principal ailment of humanity, namely, the effects of the atomi- zation of knowiedge produced by the overwhelming accretion of| facts which science has created; to clarify and synthesise ideas through the depth fertilization of minds; to show from diverse and important points of view the correlation of ideas, facts and values which are in perpetual interplay: to demonstrate the ‘character, kinship, logic and operation of the entre organism of reality while showing the persistent interrelationship of the processes of the human mind andin the interstices of knowledge, {oreveal the inner synthesis and organic unity of life itself. Its the thesis of woanp rensrecrves that in spite of the 6 (WORLD PERSPECTIVES Aiference and diversity of the disciplines represented. there ‘exists strong common agreement among ts authors concerning ‘the overwhelming need for counterbalancing the multitude of compelling scientific activities and investigations of objective phenomena from physics to metaphysics, history and biology land to relate these to meaningful experience. To provide this balance, itis necessary to stimulate an awareness of the basic fact that ultimately the individual human personality must tle all the loose ends together into an organic whole, must relate bimself to himself, to mankind and society while deepening and enhancing his communion with the universe. To anchor this spirit and to impress it onthe intellectual and spiritual life of hhumanity, on thinkers and doers alike, is indeed an enormous challenge and cannot be left entirely ether to natural science ‘on the one hand or to organized religion on the other. For we are confronted with the unbending necessity to discover a principle of aiferentiation yet relatedness lucid enough to justify ‘nd purify scientific, philosophic and all ther knowledge while accepting their mutual interdependence. This is the crisis in ‘consciousness made articulate through the criss in science. This is the new awakening. ‘This Series is committed to the recognition that all great ‘changes are preceded by a vigorous intellectual reevaluation and reorganization. Our authors are aware that thesin of hubris may bbeavoided by showing tha the creative processitselfisnota free activity ifby free we mean arbitrary or unrelated to cesmic law. For the creative process in the human mind, the development process in organic nature and the basic laws of the inorganic realm may be but varied expressions of a universal formative process. Thus WORLD FERSPECTVES hopes to show that although the present apocalytic period isone of exceptional tensions, there is also an exceptional movement at work towards a compen sating unity which cannot violate the ultimate moral power pervading the universe, that very power on which all human effort must at lst depend. In this way, we may come to under- stand that there exsts an independence of spiritual and mental growth which though conditioned by circumstances is never

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