Books about New Physics V
The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics by Gary Zukav, David Finkelstein
Publisher: Bantam (September 1, 1984)
ISBN: 978-0553263824
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
 The Vortex: Key to Future Science by David Ash, Peter Hewitt (Contributor)
Publisher: Salamander Books; Rev Ed edition (May 1995)
ISBN: 978-1858600192
The Web of the Universe: Jung, the "New Physics," and Human Spirituality (Jung and Spirituality Series) by John L. Hitchcock
Publisher: Paulist Press (November 1991)
ISBN: 978-0809132676
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