The Tao of Physics
The Tao of Physics is a book about the relationship between physics and spirituality. The book explores the parallels between Eastern mysticism and modern physics. It discusses the similarities between the two fields, and how they can be used to help understand each other. The book also discusses the concept of the Tao, or the way, and how it relates to physics. The Tao of Physics is considered to be one of the first books to popularize the concepts of modern physics for a general audience. It has been translated into many languages and has sold millions of copies worldwide.
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- I'd highly recommend The Tao Of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism by Fritjof Capra, for anyone interested in the subject. It's an excellent read.
- Disclaimer: I'm not a physicist or even a good mathematician. I've read some things about quantum theory, and other interesting reads is Fritjof Capra's "The Tao of Physics" and Lazslo Mero's "Moral Calculations" which touches quantum theory very interestingly.
- > From memory it wasn't too hard of a read.
When considered among others in its genre, neither did it stand out. With rare exception, all of the "science for the public" books seem to be written at a 12 year old reading level (exceptions I know of are The Tao of Physics (requiring a slighting higher reading level) and especially Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid (does anyone understand this!?))
- On my list to read in 2020:
Books/Authors I've read that I would recommend:The Visual Display of Quantitative Information The Rust Programming Language Progressive Web Apps Permaculture: Principles and Pathways beyond Sustainability Farming the Woods Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms Affinity Designer Workbook The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Walden A Guide for Desert and Dryland Restoration Ernest Hemingway On Writing The Two Hands of God (Alan Watts) The Anarchist's Design Book and/or With the Grain: A Craftsman's Guide to Wood Dune Some other fiction reading I'll decide on after I finish DuneTao of Physics, Web of Life, Systems View of Life, etc. (Fritjof Capra) ^Capra's work has heavily influenced my worldview and ability to think in systems Designing Data Intensive Applications (just finishing this week) Permaculture One & Two, Gaia's Garden, Edible Forest Gardens I&II Black Swan, Antifragile, etc. (Nassim Taleb) Cloud Hidden: Whereabouts Unknown (Alan Watts, written late in life) Ishmael, Story of B, etc. (Daniel Quinn) You are Not a Gadget, Who Owns the Future, etc. (Jaron Lanier) Goethe's Italian Journey Vonnegut, Hemingway, Steinbeck The Wheel of Time - For me, my favourite non-technical book I can remember reading is:
In retrospect, this may explain my comfort with C++ over the years. ;-)The Tao of Physics[0] - The Emperor's New Mind, by Roger Penrose
The Tao of Physics, by Fritjof Capra
Dancing Wu Li Masters, by Gary Zukav
The Naked Ape, by Desmond Morris
The Road to Serfdom, by Friedrich Hayek
The Worldly Philosophers, by Robert Heilbroner
The Story of Philosophy, by Will Durant
Grammatical Man, by Jeremy Campbell
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert M. Pirsig
Flow, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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