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This book will encourage readers to think on their own terms. The book tells us about the author’s conversations with many important people that helped in providing the content for his bestsellers: The Tao of Physics and The Turning Point. Summary of the Book This book talks about Fritjof Capra’s conversations with various people in different places. He talks about how he sat next to Alan Watts at a dinner party, listening to J. Krishnamurti, and exchanging observations and ideas with Indira Gandhi. It also contains some interesting conversations that took place with Werner Heisenberg and Geoffrey Chew. You will also find conversation with cancer therapist Carl Simonton and feminist Charlene Spretnak. He talks about how he came to see similarities between modern physics and Eastern mysticism. About Fritjof Capra Fritjof Capra is an Austrian-born American physicist and the founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy in California. He is one of the faculty members of Schumacher College. He has authored several books like The Tao of Physics, The Turning Point, Uncommon Wisdom, The Web of Life and The Hidden Connections. Capra is fluent in German, French, Italian and English.