As Norman Cousins ​​has written, *Unusual Wisdom* is a marvelous feast of contemporary ideas: science, metaphysics, religion, philosophy, and health are recurring themes that convey a new vision of reality.

*Unusual Wisdom* is also the outline of its author's intellectual odyssey, through lively discussions with many of the most influential thinkers of this century. Particularly fascinating are the encounters with Werner Heisenberg, one of the greatest geniuses of quantum physics; with Geoffrey Chew, an inspiration for Capra's own ideas; with J. Krishnamurti and Alan Watts, masters at transcending thought without losing their commitment to science; with Gregory Bateson, the man who united Communication Theory and Biology; with Stanislav Grof and R.D. Laing, pioneers in the study of human consciousness; and with E. F. Schumacher and Hazel Henderson, universal figures of the environmental movement. With Margaret Locke and Carl Simonton, masters in the field of health and healing. Not forgetting the great figure of Indira Gandhi, who so strongly championed the idea of ​​global interdependence.

Unusual Wisdom is, in short, an exceptional document, both profound and engaging, that gives us the keys to the emergence of a new scientific and cultural paradigm.