Ervin Laszlo, Ph.D., holder of the highest degree of the Sorbonne (the State Doctorate), is the recipient of four honorary Ph.D.'s and numerous awards and distinctions, including the 2001 Goi Peace Award (the Japanese Peace Prize) and the 2005 Mandir Peace Prize. He has twice been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. A former professor of philosophy, systems theory, and futures studies in the U.S., Europe, and the Far East, he is founder and president of an international think tank (the Club of Budapest), as well as the General Evolution Research Group. He is the author or editor of more than 80 books, of which the latest are Science and the Akashic Field, The Chaos Point, and Quantum Shift in the Global Brain. Website: www.clubofbudapest.org
