The Physics Of Consciousness: The Quantum Mind And The Meaning Of Life

Walker, Evan Harris

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Langue : anglais

Edité par Perseus Books, 2000

0738202347 / 9780738202341

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Darkening of page edges. Separation between spine and book block between title page and previous page. Limited underlining on a few pages. For decades, neuroscientists, psychologists, and an army of brain researchers have been struggling, in vain, to explain the phenomenon of consciousness. Now there is a clear trail to the answer, and it leads through the dense jungle of quantum physics, Zen, and subjective experience, and arrives at an unexpected destination. In this tour-de-force of scientific investigation, Evan Harris Walker, a pioneer in the science of consciousness, describes the outcome of his fifty-year search for the true nature of reality. Drawing on a deep knowledge of quantum physics and Zen philosophy, Walker shows how the operation of bizarre yet actual properties of elementary particles support a new and exciting theory of reality, based on the principles of quantum physics; a theory that answers questions such as What is the nature of consciousness, of will? What is the source of material reality? and What is God? Clearly written in non-technical, lyrical prose, The Physics of Consciousness is more than just the explanation of science it is a new vision of life." Review: It's not every day you hear a physicist ask what happens when we die. Evan Harris Walker, sparked by the early, tragic loss of his love, does just that and more in The Physics of Consciousness, a book in the same vein as Fritjof Capra's The Tao of Physics, but with a firmer grounding in scientific understanding. Walker marries the traditions of Southern literature--a longing for the past, a resignation toward the present, and a determined optimism about the future--to a technical explanation of the limits of materialism; a weird synthesis, indeed, but charming and engaging nonetheless. Since his primary topic is consciousness, Walker turns to neuroscience and Buddhism (its spiritual equivalent) for inspiration. His quantum-mechanical approach to synaptic transmission and "the speed of consciousness" are difficult to evaluate and seem a bit overstretched, but his discussions of the history and current events of physics are lucid and ironically lend weight to his antimaterialistic arguments. Is this, as he hopes, another step toward 21st-century religion, or just another New Age reinterpretation of the spooky world of the ultrasmall? Don't bet on either--The Physics of Consciousness will jog your brain in new ways and, if nothing else, you'll find a new appreciation for how little we really know about ourselves. --Rob Lightner.

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Titre
The Physics Of Consciousness: The Quantum Mind And The Meaning Of Life
Auteur
Walker, Evan Harris
Éditeur
Perseus Books
Année de publication
2000
État de l'article
Assez bon
Jaquette
Bon
Signé
Signé par l'auteur
Reliure
Couverture rigide
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0738202347
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780738202341
Édition
Edition originale
Poids de l'article
703 grammes
Dimensions
15,88 centimètres de largeur par 24,13 centimètres de hauteur par 3,18 centimètres de profondeur
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