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After a quarter of a century in print, Capra's groundbreaking work still challenges and inspires. This updated edition of The Tao of Physics includes 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.
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THE TAO OF PHYSICS Shambhala Publications, Inc. 1123 Spruce Street Boulder, Colorado 80302 0 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 THE TAO OF PHYSICS An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism by Frifjof Capra Shambhala Boulder 1975 l I dedicate this book to Ali Akbar Khan Carlos Castaneda Geoffrey Chew John Coltrane Werner Heisenberg Krishnamurti Liu Hsiu Ch’i Phiroz Mehta Jerry Shesko 8obby Smith Maria Teuff enbach Alan Watts for helping me to find my path and to Jacqueline who has travelled with me on this path most of the time. CONTENTS Preface I THE WAY OF PHYSICS 1 Modern Physics-A Path with a Heart? 2 Knowing and Seeing 3 Beyond Language 4 The New Physics II THE WAY OF EASTERN MYSTICISM 5 Hinduism 6 Buddhism 7 Chinese Thought 8 Taoism 9Zen III THE PARALLELS 10 The Unity of All Things 11 Beyond the World of Opposites 12 Space-Time 13 The Dynamic Universe 1 4 Emptiness and Form 15 The Cosmic Dance 16 Quark Symmetries-A New Koan! 17 Patterns of Change 18 Interpenetration Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index It is probably true quite generally that in the history of human thinking the most fruitful developments frequently take place at those points where two different lines of thought meet. These lines may have their roots in quite different