Gary Zukav

The Dancing Wu Li Masters (eBook, ePUB)

An Overview of the New Physics

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The much-loved classic introduction to quantum physics is written for students with no mathematical or technical background. "Wu Li" is the Chinese word for physics. It means "Patterns of Organic Energy," but it also means "Nonsense," "My Way," "I Clutch My Ideas," and "Enlightenment." These enchanting ideas form the framework through which Zukav weaves his exploration of quantum mechanics and relativity theory.

Surprisingly clear and easy to read, The Dancing Wu Li Masters explains that 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.

In exquisite detail, Zukav covers such topics as:

. Bohr's model of the atom

. Newton's physics

. subatomic "particles"

. Organic and inorganic

. Schrödinger's cat

. Galilan relativity principle

. the S Matrix

. the quantum model of the atom

. space-time continuum

. Gravity and acceleration

. quantum field theory

. anti-particles

. Feynman diagrams

. quarks

. Hideki Yukawa

. Bell's theorem

. quantum logic

. John von Neumann

. David Finklestein

. the distributive law

. David Bohm

In The Dancing Wu Li Masters, Zukav allows students to look at the world through the eyes of modern physicists and physics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780061926389
• Artikelnr.: 37997223

Autorenporträt

Gary Zukav is the author of four consecutive New York Times bestsellers. In 1979, The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics plumbed the depths of quantum physics and relativity, winning the American Book Award for science. In 1989, The Seat of the Soul led the way to seeing the alignment of the personality and the soul as the fulfillment of life and captured the imagination of millions, becoming the number one New York Times bestseller thirty-one times and remaining on the bestseller list for three years. Zukav's gentle presence, humor, and wisdom have endeared him to millions of viewers through his many appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Six million copies of his books are in print and translations have been published in twenty-four languages. Zukav grew up in the Midwest, graduated from Harvard, and became a Special Forces (Green Beret) officer with Vietnam service before writing his first book.