John Briggs (author)
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John Briggs, Distinguished Professor and Co-Chair of the Department of English Language, Comparative Literature, and Writing at Western Connecticut State University
, is co-author
of Seven Life Lessons of Chaos
with the physicist David Peat. He is also the author of The Turbulent Mirror, a text aimed at nonspecialist readers that describes the science of dynamical systems, also known as chaos theory. An essay authored by Briggs Titled "God, Time, and History" is featured in the Bible textbook - "The Introduction to the History of Christianity."
Briggs is the author of more than eight books and numerous book chapters, articles, and papers.
Briggs received his B.A. from Wesleyan University
, College of Letters, cum laude, 1968; M.A. in English, New York University
, 1972; Ph.D. in aesthetics and psychology, The Union Institute and University, 1981.
Western Connecticut State University
Western Connecticut State University is a public university in Danbury, Connecticut. Founded in 1903, WestConn has an arts and sciences curriculum, a business school, and several professional programs including elementary and secondary education, nursing, music performance, and social work...
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of Seven Life Lessons of Chaos
Seven Life Lessons of Chaos
Seven Life Lessons of Chaos: Spiritual Wisdom From the Science of Change is a book by Western Connecticut State University English Professor John Briggs and Physicist F. David Peat . The book consists of 175 pages plus notes and an index. Original Publication 1999 by Harper Collins...
with the physicist David Peat. He is also the author of The Turbulent Mirror, a text aimed at nonspecialist readers that describes the science of dynamical systems, also known as chaos theory. An essay authored by Briggs Titled "God, Time, and History" is featured in the Bible textbook - "The Introduction to the History of Christianity."
Briggs is the author of more than eight books and numerous book chapters, articles, and papers.
Briggs received his B.A. from Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...
, College of Letters, cum laude, 1968; M.A. in English, New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
, 1972; Ph.D. in aesthetics and psychology, The Union Institute and University, 1981.