Ever since Galileo fell foul of the Roman Catholic Church, science and faith have appeared to be in conflict. But some commentators now argue that, the further physics progresses, the nearer it approaches a mystical view of the universe, and of man's place in it. Fritjof Capra is a physicist and writer, living in California. In this film he criticises the conventional belief that the universe can be viewed simply as a vast machine, and argues that modern physics itself can lead us to the profoundest spiritual insights - insights crucial to man's survival.