![]() ![]() I went to college determined to study physics, inspired by some marvelous high school teachers and also by books like Capra's. ![]() But his great joy and excitement about the deep mysteries of modern physics were hard to miss. Capra's earnest discussions of Eastern spirituality left far less of an impression on me. I remember being captivated by the book's discussion of modern physics: the strangenesses of relativity and quantum theory, the subtle dance of subatomic particles. The book had first been published in 1975 by the time I found it, it had long since become an international bestseller. I highly recommend it! -Marcelo Gleiserīack in high school I stumbled upon Fritjof Capra's book The Tao of Physics. Dave has a new book coming out exploring the unlikely roots of the "new" quantum mechanics, the one dealing with the brave new world of entanglement and quantum computing. ![]() He is an accomplished historian of modern physics and is a research cosmologist. David Kaiser, who is the head of the Program in Science, Technology, And Society (STS) at MIT. Dear 13.7 readers, today I'm very happy to introduce you to Prof. ![]()
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