Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics (Perennial Classics)

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Gary Zukav has written the Bible for those who are curious about the mind expanding discoveries of advanced physics, but who have no scientific background Like a Wu Li Master who would teach us wonder for the falling petal before speaking of gravity, Zukav writes in beautifully clear language with no mathematical equations opening our minds to the exciting new theories that are beginning to embrace the ultimate nature of our universeQuantum mechanics, relativity, and beyond to the Einstein Podolsky Rosen effect and Bell s theorem.At an Esalen Institute meeting in 1976, tai chi master Al Huang said that the Chinese word for physics is Wu Li, patterns of organic energy Journalist Gary Zukav and the others present developed the idea of physics as the dance of the Wu Li Masters the teachers of physical essence Zukav explains the concept further The Wu Li Master dances with his student The Wu Li Master does not teach, but the student learns The Wu Li Master always begins at the center, the heart of the matter This book deals not with knowledge, which is always past tense anyway, but with imagination, which is physics come alive, which is Wu Li Most people believe that physicists are explaining the world Some physicists even believe that, but the Wu Li Masters know that they are only dancing with it The new physics of Zukav s 1979 book comprises quantum theory, particle physics, and relativity Even as these theories age they haven t percolated all that far into the collective consciousness they re too far removed from mundane human experience not to need introduction The Dancing Wu Li Masters remains an engaging, accessible way to meet the most profound and mind altering insights of 20th century science Mary Ellen Curtin Free Download Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics (Perennial Classics) [ Author ] Gary Zukav [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr The happiest thought I take out of this book is the fact that science is no longer taking a direction opposite to that of religion, philosophy or spirituality all the noblest endeavors of mankind were fundamentally tied together after all It was just that we, with our obsessive propensity to classify and divide had made the artificial boundaries.The only complaint about the book is the fact that it goes into needless depth about the fundamentals of classical physics and then skims over the...Yesterday, I read some scathing comments about this book, and the closely related The Tao of Physics, in Woit s Not Even Wrong Apparently, there used to a be an approach to quantum mechanics called S matrix theory, which was popular among left leaning physicists in the early 70s Woit refers to The People s Republic of Berkeley It was something to do with abolition of the aristocracy of particles , which I must say I didn t completely get, but you can see how this might appeal As I Yesterday, I read some scathing comments about this book, and the closely related The Tao of Physics, in Woit s Not Even Wrong Apparently, there used to a be an approach to quantum mechanics called S matrix theory, which was popular among left leaning physicists in the early 70s Woit refers to The People s Republic of Berkeley It was something to do with abolition of the aristocracy of particles , which I must say I didn t completely get, but you can see how this might appeal As I under...This book was first published in 1979, much has transpired since then, so it is dated In layman s terms, the author compares Eastern beliefs, psychology, and quantums physics Interesting book, but I wasn t as wowed by it as some wereIf this is so, then the distinction between scientists, poets, painters, and writers is not clear In fact, it is possible that scientists, poets, painters, and writers are all members of the same family of people whose gift it is by nature to take those things This book was first published in 1979, much has tran...I can t even dignify this book with an inclusion on my science bookshelf Surely, the most dangerous rhetoric is that which sounds plausible Dancing Wu Li Masters does the whole Ancient Chinese Secret treatment of par...This is a book that lightly, and perhaps appropriately, suggests a connection between eastern religions and the developments in 20th century physics, notably Einstein s theories of relativity, Heisenberg s uncertainty principle, and the collective effort, from Max Planck through Einstein to Nils Bohr and many others, to develop quantum theory, quantum mechanics and other dimensions of quantum real...Made an otherwise complicated subject readily readable for me, even eager forThe simple analogies and examples created that feeling of an epiphany, as in OK, I get it now Beautiful.Since it s been over 30 years since I read this, it s time to re new Can never know too much about quantum physics...Well, I read this book at the advice of Jeff Sneider who recommended it highly I agree This book, while difficult in places, does lead me to question my view of reality, which has been purely Newtonian read the book to understand I d rate this book right up with Godel, Escher, and Bach I will think often about it It may be very well be true, that everyone lives in Aristotle s metaphorical cave, seeing shadows of the essence of reality Actually, quantum mechanics pretty much says it IS Well, I read this book at the advice of Jeff Sneider who recommended it highly I agree This book, while difficult in places, does lead me to question my view of reality, which has been purely Newtonian read the book to understand I d rate this book right up with Godel, Escher, ...This is the worst book ever written From his completely nonsensical leaps from point to point, to his annoying tendency to follow each mention of matter with pun to his pseudo knowledge of quantum mechanics and belief that randomness free will to his decision not to explain the uncertainty principle in any way that might make sense and make it seem less mystical to his just plain terrible writing and awful, irrelevant quotations I can safely say that this is the worst piece of snake This is the worst book ever written From his completely nonsensical leaps from point to point, to his annoying tendency to follow each mention of matter with pun to his pseudo knowledge of quantum mechanics and belief that randomness free will to his decision not to explain the uncertainty principle in any way that might make sense and make it seem less mystical to his just plain terrible writing and awful, irrelevant quotations I can safely say that this is the worst piece of snake oil I ve ever read granted, I didn t finish it so maybe the last 100 pages were all about how the first half was a complex joke It also brought back horri...This is probably as good as a physics for the layman book can get But that doesn t mean it s perfect Far from it, in fact.The strength of the book is Zukav s review of the history of physics He does a good job setting up and explaining the major breakthroughs so that you, the reader, can appreciate their significance in pretty substantial ways That s quite a feat His clarity gets weaker as he starts to go into the weirder aspects of quantum mechanics though At times he s so eager to jump This is probably as good as a physics for the layman book can get But that doesn t mean it s perfect Far from it, in fact.The strength of the book is ...When a writer can make something I believed inaccessible to me seem like dinner conversation in which I can participate, I m thrilled to the core Thanks to Gary Zukav Without him, many other books I ve read would never have made sense at all How could I have approached The Elegant Universe wi...

Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics (Perennial Classics)
  • English
  • 17 July 2018
  • Paperback
  • 416 pages
  • 0060959681
  • Gary Zukav
  • Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics (Perennial Classics)