“The influence of modern physics goes beyond technology. It extends to the realm of thought and culture where it has led to a deep revision in man's conception of the universe and his relation to it.”

— Fritjof Capra , book The Tao of Physics

Source: The Tao of Physics (1975), Ch. 1, Modern Physics, p. 17.

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