The Tao of Physics

After a quarter of a century in print, Capra s groundbreaking work still challenges and inspires This updated edition of The Tao of Physicsincludes 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. New Download eBook The Tao of Physics author Fritjof Capra – kino-fada.fr Don t look to Capra for a highly disciplined discourse on particle physics or the nature of cosmology Nor is this book a deep exploration of Taoism or other Eastern Religious Philosophy Rather, it is a fascinating mental adventure showing the ways the two schools of thought often developed in parallel and came to similar conclusions from very different beginning points The author s own words in the epilogue sum it up nicely S...Ok so I have a small confession to make I think I might be overrating books Or at least it looks like it from other reviews I recently read I usually read them after rating the books myself but sometimes I go the other way around Today is one of those days I must say I find it harder to criticize a bad non fiction book than a bad novel And that could be because, first of all, with non fiction books it s hardly a matter of writing style unless it s a really good book or a really bad one a Ok so I have a small confession to make I think I might be overrating books Or at least it looks like it from other reviews I recently read I usually read them after rating the books myself but sometimes I go the other way around Today is one of those days I must say I find it harder to criticize a bad non fiction book than a bad novel And that could be because, first of all, with non fiction books it s hardly a matter of writing style unless it s a really good book or a really bad one and second of all I m easily amazed by the knowledge I acquire on things I had no previous idea of Having said that, I really liked this book As the book title itself states it s about drawing parallels between mode...It is widely recognized, at least by those outside of science, that scientists are notorious bunglers when it comes to philosophical matters So it is not surprising, though hardly excusable, that Capra s book displays a level of incompetence that should be immediately obvious to anyone with even a cursory background in logic or philosophy As a matter of fact, it would be surprising if such an unqualified admirer of Taoism, whose writings Capra notes approvingly are full of passages reflecting It is widely recognized, at least by those outside of science, that scientists are notorious bunglers when it comes to philosophical matters So it is not surprising, though hardly excusable, that Capra s book displays a level of incompetence that should be immediately obvious to anyone with even a cursory background in logic or philosophy As a matter of fact, it would be surprising if such an unqualified admi..., ,, , , , ,, , , , , ,, , , , ,science religion spirituality ,, ,,,, ,, , , , ,, , , , ,, , , ,, , ,, Hollywood, , 30Well, this is my first one star on good reads, that means this book was even worse than the Third Hunger Games book.The main reason for the one star is just my complete disappointment in this book I went in to reading The Tao fo Physics expecting to find something that correlated elements of quantum mechanics to the insights of Eastern mysticism and philosophy which I feel was a reasonable expectation However, what I found was an author who not only was dull but founded his correlations Well, this is my first one star on good reads, that means this book was even worse than the Third Hunger Games book.The main reason for the one star is just my complete disappointment in this book I went in to reading The Tao fo Physics expecting to find something that correlated elements of quantum mechanics to the insights of Eastern mysticism and philosophy which I feel was a reasonable expectation However, what I found was an author who not only was dull but founded his correlations on the beliefs of famous physicists and philosophers For a good 1 3 of the book, you, the reader, are submitted to a quote by Einstein or insert another well known physicist name here and then a quote by the Buddha or insert another philosopher, unknown or known here and Capra going, see they are saying the same thing Nothing irks methan this in nonfiction books ab...Not entirely sure how to take this book Will come back to it after updating myself on the latest developments.This book bridged a major divide in my perception of the world, bringing together ideas of Quantum Physics and Eastern Mysticism Capra, trained in both disciplines, does a fine job comparing quotes and emerging universal perceptions of the early pioneers in quantum physics, against philosophers and yogis of the ancient religions of the East In a beautiful way, you come to discover that each of these disparate disciplines are somehow describing the universe through strikingly similar metaphors This book bridged a major divide in my perception of the world, bringing together ideas of Quantum Physics and Eastern Mysticism Capra, trained in both disciplines,...This book would have been better called The Buddha of Physics , or something like that Throughout the whole book there is hardly a single reference to taoism, and certainly no understanding of taoism and its relation to other asian religions.The great majority of the spiritual religious references in this book are from Indian Buddhism and Hinduism A mild smattering of zen Hardly any Chinese Buddhism.I found this book incredibly boring I think I actually started skimming towards the end, whi This book would have been better called The Buddha of Physics , or something like that Throughout the whole book there is hardly a single reference to taoism, and certainly no understanding of taoism and its relation to other asian religions.The gr...A book that fundamentally changed the way I felt and thought deep down inside at a time of my life when I needed some sort of metaphysical path.When you strip away the mathematics from the concepts of quantum mechanics and strong theory, etc., you get a bewildering array of thought provking...I bought this book some 7 years ago, when I was fifteen At the time I was getting increasingly interested in physics, and at the same time Buddhism Unfortunately, I also read another book around this time called What The Bleep Do We Know which turned out to be nothing but quantum woo that is, pretending that quantum mechanics is all kinds of things that it simply isn t I decided that The Tao Of Physics is probably something similar and it s been collecting dust on my shelf ever since I bought this book some 7 years ago, when I was fifteen At the time I was getting increasingly interested in physics, and at the same time Buddhism Unfortunately, I also read another book around this time called What The Bleep Do We Know which turned out to be nothing but quantum woo that is, pretending that quantu...

• English
• 04 December 2018
Fritjof Capra
• Paperback
• 366 pages
• 1570625190
• Fritjof Capra
• The Tao of Physics