Gary Zukav is the author of four consecutiveNew York Timesbestsellers. In 1979,The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physicsplumbed the depths of quantum physics and relativity, winning the American Book Award for science. In 1989,The Seat of the Soulled the way to seeing the alignment of the personality and the soul as the fulfillment of life and captured the imagination of millions, becoming the number oneNew York Timesbestseller thirty-one times and remaining on the bestseller list for three years. Zukav''s gentle presence, humor, and wisdom have endeared him to millions of viewers through his many appearances onThe Oprah Winfrey Show. Six million copies of his books are in print and translations have been published in twenty-four languages. Zukav grew up in the Midwest, graduated from Harvard, and became a Special Forces (Green Beret) officer with Vietnam service before writing his first book.