Theodor Schwenk

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Theodor Schwenk (1910–1986) [1] was an anthroposophist, engineer and a pioneering water researcher who founded the Institute for Flow.

He is most well known for his book, Sensitive Chaos: The Creation of Flowing Forms in Water and Air , which explores subtle patterns and phenomena of water, air and their relationship to biological forms. [2] The narrative of the book is in the tradition of Goethe and Rudolf Steiner, viewing nature as ruled by a single unifying principle which is apparent in all movement and form. [1]

He was director of the Institute of Fluid Science in Herrischried, Germany. [1]

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  1. 1 2 3 Seamon, David; Zajonc, Arthur (2 April 1998). Goethe's Way of Science: A Phenomenology of Nature. State University of New York Press. pp. 234–238. ISBN   978-1-4384-1930-5.
  2. Graettinger, Diana (7 June 1994). "Water inspires 'flowforms'". Bangor Daily News. Vol. 105, no. 304. p. C1.