title: The Tao of Physics (Flamingo)
author:  Fritjof Capra 
description: <div>The universe: an eternal cosmic dance of subatomic particles of relationships at once paradoxical, yet somehow unified. <br><br>Mystics explore our universe through meditation. Nuclear physicists explore it through experimentation and hypothesis. Their paths to the truth could not be more different-but the amazing thing is that in their own ways, the mystics and the scientists are discovering the same truths about our world.<br><br>In non-technical language, with no complex mathematics or formulae, this thought-provoking program explores the main concepts and theories of modern physics, the revelations coming from particle accelerators and laboratories-and compares them with the ancient tenets of Hinduism, Buddhism and Taoism. In the process, we gain a clear and fascinating picture of how such seemingly disparate areas of thought are ultimately quests for the same kind of understanding.<br></div>
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  TAO
  
  OF
  
  PHYSICS
  
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   **Shambhala Publications, Inc.**
  
   **1123 Spruce Street**
  
   **Boulder, Colorado 80302**
  
  1975 by Fritjof Capra. All Rights Reserved.
  
  ISBN: o-87773-077-6 (cloth)
  
  o-87773-078-4 (paper)
  
  LCC: 75-10318
  
  Distributed in the United States by Random House, inc.
  
  Manufactured in the United States of America
  
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  THE
  
  TAO
  
  OF
  
  PHYSICS
  
  _An Exploration_ of _the Parallels_ _Between Modern Physics_
  
  _Eastern Mysticism_
  
  _by_
  
  _Capra_
  
  Shambhala
  
  _Boulder 1975_
  
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  I dedicate this book to
  
  Akbar Khan
  
  Carlos Castaneda
  
  Geoffrey Chew
  
  John Coltrane
  
  Werner Heisenberg
  
  Krishnamurti
  
  Liu Hsiu Ch’i
  
  Phiroz Mehta
  
  Jerry Shesko
  
  Smith
  
  Maria Teuff
  
  Alan Watts
  
  for helping me to find my path
  
  and to Jacqueline
  
  who has travelled with me
  
  on this path
  
  most 