The best book I ever read on Zen is 'Way of Zen' by Alan Watts.
For a basic primer on the philosophy of perception, theres no better.
Watts was one of the first Westerners to actually 'grasp' zen and decode it foe the rest of us.
For physics, any good chem textbook will prime you on classical and quantum...
Watts did acid with all the usual 60s characters....but he was a divinity student way back when,,,, so he comes from a unique angle.
For a basic primer on the philosophy of perception, theres no better.
Watts was one of the first Westerners to actually 'grasp' zen and decode it foe the rest of us.
For physics, any good chem textbook will prime you on classical and quantum...
Watts did acid with all the usual 60s characters....but he was a divinity student way back when,,,, so he comes from a unique angle.