The Dancing Wu Li Masters

Oct 24, 2024 9:29 AM

Author:Gary Zukav

This is an account of the essential aspects of the new physics for those with little or no knowledge of mathematics or science. It describes current theories of quantum mechanics, Einstein's special and general theories of relativity and other speculations, alluding throughout to parallels with modern psychology and metaphorical abstractions to Buddhism and Taoism. The author has also written "The Seat of the Soul".

Reviews

The most exciting intellectual adventure I've been on since reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

—— Christophre Lehmann-Haupt , New York Times

Recommended highly, both for those who want to understand the essential significance of modern physics and for those who are concerned with its implications for the possible transformation of the human consciousness

—— Times Literary Supplement

Gritty and entertaining

—— Sunday Telegraph

Fowles' language is strong, green, discursive, related throughout to his own life and memories

—— Vogue

Bateson and Martin have delivered what others have claimed to provide: a solid, signposted road out of the trench war between nature and nurture

—— Marek Kohn , Independent

With a clarity of style that belies the complexity of the subject, Patrick Bateson and Paul Martin conduct us through the strategic highways adn tactical byways of individual life history

—— Richard Dawkins

'Exhilarating'

—— Melvyn Bragg , Observer

'As enthralling in its own way as was Darwin's original'

—— Kenan Malik , Independent on Sunday

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