Capra is the author of five international best sellers: The Tao of Physics (1975), The Turning Point (1982), Uncommon Wisdom (1988), The Web of Life (1996), and The Hidden Connections (2002). He holds a PhD from the University of Vienna. I think you have done a magnificent and extremely important job.-Joseph Campbell About the Author 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. Lucidly analyzes the tenets of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism to show their striking parallels with the latest discovery in cyclotrons.-New York magazine A pioneering book of real value and wide appeal.-Washington Post I have been reading the book with amazement and the greatest interest, rmending it to everyone I meet and, as often as possible, in my lectures. Capra says, and mystics do not need physics, but humanity needs both. The New Vision of Reality Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism Fritjof Capra Crisis and transformation I am a physicist, and my main interest over the past fifteen years has been in the dramatic change of concepts and ideas that has occurred in physics during the first three decades of the century. It includes a fresh cover design and a new preface by the author reflecting on further discoveries and developments in the years since the books original publication.

This special edition celebrates the thirty-fifth anniversary of this early Shambhala best seller that has gone on to be a true classic. Its publication in more than twenty-three languages stands as testimony to its universal applicability and its enduring significance. Many books have been written in the ensuing years about the connections between quantum theory and the ideas of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism, but Fritjof Capras text serves as the foundation on which the others have been built-and its wisdom has stood the test of time. Book Synopsis A special edition of the brilliant best-selling classic on the paradoxes of modern physics and their relationship to concepts of Eastern mysticism (New York Magazine) The Tao of Physics brought the mystical implications of subatomic physics to popular consciousness for the very first time. About the Book 35th anniversary edition with a new preface by the author-Cover.

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