fyi, there is a small 'FAQ' (list of 'frequently asked questions') relating to Tao of Physics and 'Dancing Wu Li Masters', collected from about 2 years worth of debate/discussion on the Usenet group sci.physics.


A tear in the fabric of relativity   June 27, 1997
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An observation by Tom Dennen. Dancing Wu Li Masters mentions an observation that binary particles have a reciprocal spin. This spin observation sets up a very real contradiction to popular views of Relativity. The best conspiracy - if indeed it is - in my opinion is the 'universal' conspiracy that nothing can exceed the speed of light. Now, submolecular physics - in Wu Li - observes a certain property in the behavior of binary particles. The curious thing is that each binary particle has a spin peculiar to it but matching the spin of the other particle in the opposite direction. Now, if you separate binary particles, they retain their spin. And no matter how far apart you separate those two particles, if you alter the spin of one of them, the other's spin alters in a direct proportion to the alteration in the first's spin at exactly the same time - instantaneously! In other words, something (which is faster than the speed of light) causes a change over unlimited, or infinite, distances. Now what does that do to the Lorentz contraction theories? Let's keep one of our binary particles here and put the other one on a spaceship. We let the spaceship get far enough away to achieve speeds which apply to Relativity and alter the spin on our half of the binary particle. The spin on the particle in space will alter at the same time and, given that we can control both the duration and the speed of the alteration, we can communicate in binary code. So, with one computer here using one half of a binary particle and another computer out in relative space moving away from us with a huge relative doppler effect, we still have instantaneous communication. But, according to Lorentz, the people on board the ship are not aging relative to us while, relative to them, we are aging very fast indeed. So how would our messages read? Would we get a year's summation of their journey all at once and they get one letter an hour? Is there a tear in the fabric of Relativity or are we once again reduced to semantics and our friend Aquinas' Uncaused Cause?


A quick, and simple overview of quantum physics   March 3, 1997
 2 out of 4 found this review helpful

This 2 cassette abridged edition of this now classic work is a outstanding way to bridge the gap that almost every nonphysicist has with the truth that was initially exposed by scientists almost 100 years ago - quantum physics. Zukav is a genius in his own right. Where did he go after this. Why hasn't he written books explaining government and politics; sex, love, and marriage; desktop computers; and the other things that have baffled mankind for the last year or two? He certainly has the nack for being able to explain the previouly thought unexplainable. Not being a scientist has not hindered Gary in anyway, in fact it may have enhanced his ability to explain these truths to the "common man". The fact that most people on earth have no idea of what governs the forces that govern their lives is sad. The fact that even the 1% of the world's population that has graduated from college has little understanding of these forces, even after almost 100 years since their discovery, is a damning expose of our system of education. But if there ever was an effort to present this material to the masses then this would be the book that should be used. And a great way to expose the most people to the joys of discovery this book has to offer is through this abridged cassette set