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Blackfoot Physics: A Journey Into The Native American Universe
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by F. David Peat
Sales Rank: 340757
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List Price: $18.95
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 330 pages
Published by: Weiser Books; New Ed edition January 2006
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1578633710
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1578633715
Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 6 x 1.3 inches
Weighs: 15.2 ounces
Book Description
One summer in the 1980s, theoretical physicist F. David Peat went to a Blackfoot Sun Dance ceremony. Having spent all of his life steeped in and influenced by linear Western science, he was entranced by the Native American worldview and, through dialogue circles between scientists and native elders, he began to explore it in greater depth.
Blackfoot Physics is the account of his discoveries. In an edifying synthesis of anthropology, history, metaphysics, cosmology, and quantum theory, Peat compares the medicines, the myths, the languages-the entire perceptions of reality of the Western and indigenous peoples. What becomes apparent is the amazing resemblance between indigenous teachings and some of the insights that are emerging from modern science, a congruence that is as enlightening about the physical universe as it is about the circular evolution of humanitys understanding. Through Peats insightful observations, he extends our understanding of ourselves, our understanding of the universe, and how the two intersect in a meaningful vision of human life in relation to a greater reality.
About The Author
F. David Peat holds a Ph.D. in theoretical physics and is deeply interested in the relationships between science, creativity, art, and culture. He worked with the late quantum physicist David Bohm and is the author of many books on science and our relation to the world including The Blackwinged Night, Synchronicity, and Science, Order, and Creativity (with David Bohm).
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Blackfoot Physics: A Journey into the Native American Worldview (Paperback)
It takes a while to get into this book because the first chapter is a bit boring (needs some serious editing, in fact). But once past that hurdle, there's not a dull moment. While one might take issue with the author's apparent attitude that the Native American version of science is superior to that of the Western world's, there's no doubt that the Western world has missed a lot of vital information about the nature of reality. The Native Americans were shoved aside by the Western invaders, who seldom had the sense to acknowledge the wisdom (not to mention the mathematics and the astronomy and the way to make a decent canoe) that the natives had to offer; now we're learning that much of what the natives believed is echoed in the new physics that is still being examined.
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