Fritjof Capra (born 1939) holds a doctorate in theoretical physics from the University of Vienna. He has worked as a researcher in subatomic physics at the University of Paris, the University of California (UC) at Santa Cruz, the London Linear Accelerator, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He has also been a professor at the University of San Francisco. Alongside his research and teaching activities, for more than 50 years Capra has studied in depth the philosophical and social consequences of modern science. He frequently gives seminars and lectures on this topic in various countries.