The Challenge of Transdisciplinarity. This book explores how the collective capital of knowledge gleaned from both traditional and innovative thinking in the physical, natural, economic, and human science disciplines can be most productively reinvested for the benefit of humankind. It should inform and inspire readers who are engaged in the search for dialogue and consilience between the great branches of scientific and cultural learning. The book is also useful for any observer of the academic scene who wants evidence that scientists and researchers are ready to venture out from the ivory tower.