Like the Wu Li masters who teach wonder for the failing petal before speaking of gravity, Zukav writes in beautiful, clear language -- with no mathematical equations -- opening our minds to the exciting new theories that are beginning to illuminate the ultimate nature of our universe...quantum mechanics, relativity and beyond.
"The most exciting intellectual adventure I've been on." (The New York Times)
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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
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