quantum coffee…
February 21, 2008
about 10 years ago i sat at the waterfront mug & bean cafe in cape town, reading a paper. this guy sat down next to me at the counter and we eventually got talking. by the time i left, he had turned me on to the wonderwacky world of quantum physics. i couldn’t wait to get to cape town library, where he said i could find a copy of Capra’s tao of physics.
V had spent the last 3 years living out of his beaten up car, between cape technicon and the oriental bazaar. although homeless, he had talked the tech library into letting him frequent it and over the following years had gorged his considerable intellect on mathematics, fuzzy logic, quantum physics, set theory, electronics etc.
although located 6000 miles north of him in 3D, we still keep in contact. while often homeless in this one, i have no doubt that in an alternate universe V received a scholarship to study at MIT and went on to become a renowned leftfield polymath.
he had a real impact on me back then, which continues.
for anyone interested in exploring the new physics, the following books offer an accessable & enjoyable starting point:
Nic Herbert - Quantum Reality
Fritjof Capra - The Tao of Physics
Dancing Wu Li Masters - Gary Zukav
