The Tao of Physics

The Tao of Physics

1986•39m

Documentary

An interview with Fritjof Capra, the author of “The Tao of Physics” published 1975. Capra based his work on the Danish theoretical physicist Niels Bohr, who included the Chinese t’ai chi symbol in his coat of arms.

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Fritjof Capra

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