Comments on: The Tao of Physics http://surfingthetao.com/2006/03/22/the-tao-of-physics/ Striving to increase awareness of our spiritual natures as well as the news, technologies and agendas in our world which influence them. Fri, 18 May 2012 06:20:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: ilachina http://surfingthetao.com/2006/03/22/the-tao-of-physics/comment-page-1/#comment-15 ilachina Sat, 01 Apr 2006 12:50:35 +0000 http://surfingthetao.com/?p=19#comment-15 Wonderful book indeed (and that comes from a Ph.D. in theoretical physics!) If you have enjoyed this book, I would strongly recommend a few others that resonate with it deeply: The wholeness of Nature (Goethian science...presages much of modern complex systems theory):<br/><br/>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0940262797/sr=8-1/qid=1143895407/ref=sr_1_1/102-7188474-6644951?%5Fencoding=UTF8<br/><br/>Mind and Nature by Gregory Bateson:<br/><br/>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1572734345/sr=8-2/qid=1143895514/ref=pd_bbs_2/102-7188474-6644951?%5Fencoding=UTF8<br/><br/>and, one of the most remarkable books (four volumes actually) to have come around inn the last generation, The Nature of Order by Christopher Alexander:<br/><br/>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0972652949/qid=1143895571/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/102-7188474-6644951?s=books&v=glance&n=283155<br/><br/>Each of these books, in their own way, expands on the diea of wholeness, coherence and harmony. While none is mathematical (Alexander's opus comes close), each also hints at an underlying mathematical theory that, when developed, will help what we currenrlty understand as "science" to take an enormous intellectural/spiritual leep forward.<br/><br/>You can see some more of my musings on these matters on my own Blog. Wonderful book indeed (and that comes from a Ph.D. in theoretical physics!) If you have enjoyed this book, I would strongly recommend a few others that resonate with it deeply: The wholeness of Nature (Goethian science…presages much of modern complex systems theory):

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0940262797/sr=8-1/qid=1143895407/ref=sr_1_1/102-7188474-6644951?%5Fencoding=UTF8

Mind and Nature by Gregory Bateson:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1572734345/sr=8-2/qid=1143895514/ref=pd_bbs_2/102-7188474-6644951?%5Fencoding=UTF8

and, one of the most remarkable books (four volumes actually) to have come around inn the last generation, The Nature of Order by Christopher Alexander:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0972652949/qid=1143895571/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/102-7188474-6644951?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Each of these books, in their own way, expands on the diea of wholeness, coherence and harmony. While none is mathematical (Alexander’s opus comes close), each also hints at an underlying mathematical theory that, when developed, will help what we currenrlty understand as “science” to take an enormous intellectural/spiritual leep forward.

You can see some more of my musings on these matters on my own Blog.

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