Ervin Laszlo, holder of the highest degree of the Sorbonne (the State Doctorate), is recipient of four Honorary Ph.D.s and numerous awards and distinctions, including the 2001 Goi Award (the Japan Peace Prize) and a nomination for the 2004 and 2005 Nobel Peace Prize. He is a former professor of philosophy, systems theory, and futures studies in the U.S., Europe, and the Far East and founder and president of the international think-tank The Club of Budapest as well as of the General Evolution Research Group. The author of 75 books, translated into 20 languages, he lives in Italy.

Introduction: A Meaningful Scientific Worldview for Our Time

PART ONE

THE FOUNDATIONS OF AN INTEGRAL THEORY OF EVERYTHING
How Information Connects Everything to Everything Else

1 The Challenge of an Integral Theory of Everything
Approaches to a Genuine TOE

2 On Puzzles and Fables: Drivers of the Next Paradigm Shift in Science
3 A Concise Catalog of the Puzzles of Coherence
The Puzzles of Coherence in Quantum Physics
The Puzzles of Coherence in Cosmology
The Puzzles of Coherence in Biology
The Puzzles of Coherence in Consciousness

4 The Crucial Science Fable--In-formation in Nature
The Quantum Vacuum--or Plenum
“In-formation” in the Quantum Vacuum
The Parable of the Sea
Enter the Akashic Field

PART TWO

THE IN-FORMED UNIVERSE
Perennial Questions and Fresh Answers from the Integral Theory of Everything

5 The Origins and Destiny of Life and the Universe
Where Everything Came From--and Where It Is Going
Origins and Evolution of Our Universe
Life on Earth and in the Universe
The Future of Life in the Cosmos
Glimpses of Ultimate Reality

6 Consciousness--Human and Cosmic
The Roots of Consciousness
Evolutionary Panpsychism
The Wider In-formation of Consciousness
The Next Evolution of Human Consciousness
Cosmic Consciousness
The Farthermost Reaches of Consciousness

7 The Poetry of Akashic Vision

The Phenomenon of Coherence:
A Deeper Look at the Scientific Evidence

Over Four Decades in Quest of an Integral Theory of Everything:
An Autobiographical Retrospective

References

Essential Reading:
A Bibliography of Additional Research Reports and Theories

Index