Alfonso Montuori is an educator, consultant, and musician. He is currently Professor at California Institute of Integral Studies, USA. He has been Distinguished Professor in the School of Fine Arts at Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio, USA, and in 1985-1986 taught at the Central South University in Hunan, China.

In this edited collection, the new science of complexity is explained and illustrated through the journeys of 9 leading scholars who have applied it in fields such as psychology, social change, Buddhism, creativity, and future studies.

This book was originally published as a special issue of World Futures.

1. Introduction: The complexity of life and lives of complexity Alfonso Montuori 2. Systems theory, arrogant and humble Jay Ogilvy 3. Systems patterns and possibilities Linda E. Olds 4. The Starry Sky Guy Burneko 5. A passion for pushing the limits Elisabet Sahtouris 6. My life in chaos Allan Leslie Combs 7. Human possibilities: An integrated systems approach Riane Eisler 8. Encounter with a Wizard Stanley Krippner 9. A cigarette is sometimes just a cigarette Albert Low 10. Bringing forth that which is within: How an invisible hand led me to a life that "feels like my own" S. J. Goerner 11. Complexity and transdisciplinarity: reflections on theory and practice Alfonso Montuori