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.