Complex sentence: The above assertion is a non-fact; "The Tao of Physics" was preceded by R. G. H. Siu's "The Tao of Science: an Essay on Western Knowledge and Eastern Wisdom", published by MIT Press in 1957.
Split into simpler sentences: The above assertion is a non-fact; "The Tao of Physics" was not the first. It was preceded by R. G. H. Siu's "The Tao of Science: an Essay on Western Knowledge and Eastern Wisdom", published by MIT Press in 1957.