Unfortunately, particle accelerators such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern in Switzerland have failed to find evidence of supersymmetry – despite being explicitly designed to do so. Supersymmetry suggests each particle has a “super partner” with the same mass, but opposite spin.

To bridge these, an extension called “ supersymmetry”, suggesting particles are connected through a deep relationship, has been proposed. While the standard model explains most of what we see in particle physics experiments, there are a few gaps. The standard model describes three out of the four fundamental forces in the universe – electromagnetism, and the “strong” and “weak” forces which govern the atomic nucleus – excluding gravity. Together, these form a framework called “quantum field theory”, which is the basis for the Standard Model of Particle Physics – our best framework for describing the most basic building blocks of the universe. Physicists have already managed to unite quantum theory with Einstein’s other big theory: special relativity (explaining how speed affects mass, time and space). “Quantum physics is actually all about algebra.” It’s how space is curved and how space-time – this unified entity that contains three dimensions of space and one dimension of time – is itself also curved,” explains Vlatko Vedral, a professor of physics at Oxford University in the UK. Capra says, “and mystics do not need physics, but humanity needs both.” It is a message of timeless importance.“General relativity is all about geometry. It includes a fresh cover design and a new preface by the author reflecting on further discoveries and developments in the years since the book’s original publication. This special edition celebrates the thirty-fifth anniversary of this early Shambhala best seller that has gone on to become a true classic.

Its publication in more than twenty-three languages stands as testimony to its universal applicability and its enduring significance. Many books have been written in the ensuing years about the connections between quantum theory and the ideas of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism, but Fritjof Capra’s text serves as the foundation on which the others have been built-and its wisdom has stood the test of time. The Tao of Physics brought the mystical implications of subatomic physics to popular consciousness for the very first time. A special edition of the “brilliant” best-selling classic on the paradoxes of modern physics and their relationship to concepts of Eastern mysticism ( New York Magazine)

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