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The Tao of Physics
Cover of the first edition
AuthorFritjof Capra
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPhysics
Published1975
PublisherShambhala Publications
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback)
Pages356 pp. (Hardcover)
ISBN978-0704501423
Followed byThe Turning Point 

The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism is a 1975 book by physicist Fritjof Capra. A bestseller in the United States, it has been translated into 23 languages. Capra summarized his motivation for writing the book: “Science does not need mysticism and mysticism does not need science. But man needs both.”

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