The Tao of Physics: An Exploration Of The Parallels Between Modern Physics & Eastern Mysticism

This is a good book explaining Science behind our beliefs and rituals

The book makes you think a way far different from conventionally taught or trained. It's not a usual science textbook. A must read. But it's a time consuming book because it doesn't serve you things straight, every part you need to read think and ponder over every concepts again and again but it will be worth it

This book points out many of the parallels between modern physics and Eastern mysticism. In particular we can recognize parallels between many ancient mystic ideas and the modern quantum physical findings of superposition (and non locality), the duality of light and matter, and the ultimate non-physicality of nature. For many years there have been cultures that ascribed to these types of ideas as crazy as they sounded when they first hit the physics arena in the 20th century. These ideas weren't really new at all because mystics and the like had believed them for centuries prior. What was not discovered until this last century was the mathematics and scientific evidence to give these ancient mystic religions and precepts any foundation to be taken seriously, especially since most of society had largely given up on that mysticism for ideas such as atomism, newtonian mechanics, etc. This book does a good job pointing out these parallels and thus demonstrates how the pendulum has swung away from those ancient ideas, and has now begun to swing back.

Amazing book! Amazing scientist and philosopher! There are great scientists, great mystics, and great philosophers! Are there anyone who connects all three on a scholarly level? Fritjof Capra is one such person, thorough in mysticism, philosophy and his chosen Physics with extraordinary ability to draw parallels and connect all three! He takes the reader through classical physics, modern physics, and Eastern religious mysticism and philosophy and points out the interrelations between them! This is not a book a serious reader can read in a day or two; this book requires in depth study and one tends go back and read it again and again. The Zen and the Art of Motorcycle maintenance by Robert Pirsig is one such book, where the author explained the limitations of modern science and the character Phaedrus' journey of seeking to find the reality! In this book Capra takes the reader into the world of sub-atomic particles and connects it to Eastern mysticism where rationality takes the back seat. A must read for all those with scientific interest with a philosophical bend!

Talks about the parallels of quantum world and eastern mysticism in a beautiful manner.

The author beautifully narrates the rational part of research would be useless if it is not complemented by intuition that gives scientists new insights and makes them creative.The thought provoking statement of the book to me is though mystics analyse and interpret their personal mystical experience without caring science it is equivalent to empirical. The book seems to be worth to buy.

An amazing, marvelous.....book of wonder. One of the best books I ever read. Educating, entertaining and enlightening.Needs knowledge of Eastern Philosophy, especially Advaita Philosophy to enjoy it fully.I am still reading this classic. More after complete reading.

The paper quality is lowNot much feels like a new bookAverage feel

one of the references to have in one's library. Even though the book keeps you at the surface of things, it's a good introduction.Very accessible, easy to read. The style is such that time often seems to disappear.

As a physicists, the connection with modern physics, I found it a bit forced. But I really appreciated that the book makes you reflect about the philosophy around our lifes and reality.

Wow. One if the most amazing books I ever read. I couldn’t put it down and I finished it in less than a week. Even though there are sections with very heavy paragraphs describing topics such as subatomic physics or quantum field theory, the author always ends them with conclusions that are more accessible for readers that are less technically inclined. Anyone can come out at the end of this read with a deeper understanding of physics. But the most fascinating part, which is the one that attracted me in the first place when I bought the book, is the clear parallels between physics and eastern mysticism. Having had some mystical experiences myself with the help of psilocybin, this book really managed to give me another perspective, but at the same time it confirmed some things I intuitively already knew. Similar to what the author says, the western society needs a new model of spirituality and I believe a bridge between modern sciences and mysticism, weather Eastern or Amazonian, or from other cultures, is something that sounds plausible to me and I think this book is doing a great job building that bridge.

Hacía tiempo que quería leer este libro en su versión original, finalmente me decidí a comprarlo y ahora lo tengo dedicado en persona por el autor.

Wonderful book. The author described the most difficult points of quantum science and philosophical mystic in the very simple and engaging way. !!!!