9781570625190

After a quarter of a century in print, Capra's groundbreaking work still challenges and inspires. This updated edition ofThe Tao of Physicsincludes a new preface and afterword in which the author reviews the developments of the twenty-five years since the book's first publication, discusses criticisms the book has received, and examines future possibilities for a new scientific world.

Fritjof Capra has done research in theoretical high-energy physics at the University of Paris; the University of California; Stanford University; and Imperial College, London. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Vienna. He is currently a lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley.

Preface to the Fourth Edition

5

(11)

Preface to the First Edition

11

(6)

I THE WAY OF PHYSICS

Modern Physics---A Path with a Heart?

17

(9)

Knowing and Seeing

26

(19)

Beyond Language

45

(7)

The New Physics

52

(33)

II THE WAY OF EASTERN MYSTICISM

Hinduism

85

(8)

Buddhism

93

(8)

Chinese Thought

101

(12)

Taoism

113

(8)

Zen

121

(9)

III THE PARALLELS

The Unity of All Things

130

(15)

Beyond the World of Opposites

145

(16)

Space-Time

161

(28)

The Dynamic Universe

189

(18)

Emptiness and Form

207

(18)

The Cosmic Dance

225

(22)

Quark Symmetries---A New Koan?

247

(14)

Patterns of Change

261

(24)

Interpenetration

285

(18)

Epilogue

303

(40)

The New Physics Revisited---Afterword to the Second Edition

309

(14)

The Future of the New Physics---Afterword to the Fourth Edition

323

(20)

Notes

343

(8)

Bibliography

351

(4)

Index

355

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The Tao of Physics

The Tao of Physics

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