Another good book: "The Dancing Wu Li Masters"

Thanks.

Linkage for the lurker:

http://www.cygnus-books.co.uk/mind_body_spirit_books/dancing_wu_li_masters.htm

The fact is that physics is not mathematics.

Physics, in essence, is simple wonder at the way things are and a divine (some call it compulsive) interest in how that is so.

Stripped of mathematics, physics becomes pure enchantment. Zukav's widely acclaimed bestseller aims to communicate that enchantment by describing recent developments in advanced physics for those with little or no mathematical or technical knowledge.

The author draws comparisons between quantum mechanics, modern psychology, and eastern thought. Indeed, the book's title is derived from the Chinese ideogram `Wu Li', which carries the meanings `patterns of organic energy'.

I clutch my ideas and enlightenment. In The Dancing Wu Li Masters, Gary Zukav shows how the new physics embraces all of these concepts, conveying the ideas that have revolutionized modern science with rare directness and clarity.

I agree!

When do you think physics and mathematics became synonymous to laymen? When did theories and "laws" need to be explaind in such an exclusive language?

Two of my favorite books are Robert M. Pirsig's "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenence", and "Lila". He's great at explaining his ideas, as well as tracing current beliefs back in time. He barely touches on physics in "Lila". Any good, non-encyclopediaish books out there about the hisory of western physics?


Hmm....brain candy!