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The elements of life are dynamic patterns of mass and energy, events rather than objects.

Fritjof Capra

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Fritjof Capra
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: February 1
Environmentalist
Physicist
Writer
Vienna
Austria
Energy
Life
Dynamic
Patterns
Elements
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