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''The Dancing Wu Li Masters'' is a 1979 book by Gary Zukav, a popular new age work about mysticist interpretations of quantum physics. It was awarded a 1980 U.S. National Book Award in category Science.〔 ("National Book Awards – 1980" ). National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-07.〕〔 This was the award for paperback Science. From 1980 to 1983 in National Book Award history there were dual awards for hardcover and paperback books in many categories, including several nonfiction subcategories. Most paperback award-winners were reprints of earlier works; this one was eligible for both awards as a new book.〕 The toneless pinyin phrase ''Wu Li'' in the title is most accurately rendered in Chinese characters, one Chinese translation of the word "physics" in the light of the book's subject matter. This becomes somewhat of a pun as there are many other Chinese characters that could be rendered as "wu li" in atonal pinyin, and chapters of the book are each titled with alternative translations of ''Wu Li'', such as "Nonsense", "My Way" and "I Clutch My Ideas". The author participated as a journalist in a 1976 physics conference of eastern and western scientists at Esalen Institute, California; and he used the occasion as material for his book. At the conference, it was said that the Chinese term for physics is 'Wu Li', or "patterns of organic energy." Zukav, among others, conceptualized 'physics' as the dance of the Wu Li Masters – teachers of physical essence. Zukav explains the concept further: :The Wu Li Master dances with his student. The Wu Li Master does not teach, but the student learns. The Wu Li Master always begins at the center, the heart of the matter... ==Editions== *''The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics'' (1979). New York: William Morrow and Company, hardcover: ISBN 0-688-03402-0, paperback: ISBN 0-688-08402-8, 352 p. * *(1984) Bantam mass market paperback: ISBN 0-553-26382-X, 337 p. * *(1990) Audio Renaissance audiocassette: ISBN 1-55927-058-6 (abridged) * *(2001) Harper Perennial paperback: ISBN 0-06-095968-1, 416 p. * *(2001) Audio Renaissance CD: ISBN 1-55927-643-6 (abridged) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Dancing Wu Li Masters」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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