I know, that I know nothing – Socrates.Not knowing, one knows, is best – Lao Tse.
The book is a voyage launched in the quest of resolving the duality of philosophical approaches towards Knowledge and Truth. Capra, a famous physicist, starts with the development of science and its approach in modeling the nature as we experience with our mortal senses. Then he picks upon some of the transcendental approaches employed by Zen masters, Buddhists and Indian mystics in explaining how this universe is nothing but a respiration of same awareness. Belonging to the kinship of "General Relatives", Capra sites how the latest development in modern physics is melting the realm of matter and energy, once proposed by Descartes and bolstered by Newton, is fast approaching a world experienced by Orientals.
Tao of Physics is an advance read and needs some background of modern physics for enjoying and appreciating the principle of knowledge described in the book. The essence of the book lies in aligning with the eastern fact that the Truth can be modeled to its approximation but can never be itself.
