Quantum Questions Mystical Writings of the World's Great Physicists,9781570627682

Quantum Questions Mystical Writings of the World's Great Physicists

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Edition: Revised
ISBN13: 9781570627682
ISBN10: 1570627681
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-04-10
Publisher(s): Shambhala
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Summary

Here is collection of writings that bridges the gap between science and religion.Quantum Questionscollects the mystical writings of each of the major physicists involved in the discovery of quantum physics and relativity, including Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, and Max Planck. The selections are written in nontechnical language and will be of interest to scientists and nonscientists alike.

Author Biography

Ken Wilber is the author of over twenty books. He is the founder of Integral Institute, a think-tank for studying integral theory and practice, with outreach through local and online communities such as Integral Education Network, Integral Training, and Integral Spiritual Center.

Table of Contents

Preface to the 2001 Edition ix
Preface xi
Introduction: Of Shadows and Symbols
1(32)
Heisenberg
Truth Dwells in the Deeps
33(7)
Scientific and Religious Truths
40(6)
The Debate between Plato and Democritus
46(10)
Science and the Beautiful
56(14)
If Science Is Conscious of Its Limits...
70(9)
Schroedinger
Why Not Talk Physics?
79(7)
The Oneness of Mind
86(6)
The I That Is God
92(4)
The Mystic Vision
96(7)
Einstein
Cosmic Religious Feeling
103(4)
Science and Religion
107(12)
De Broglie
The Aspiration Towards Spirit
119(7)
The Mechanism Demands a Mysticism
126(9)
Jeans
In the Mind of Some Eternal Spirit
135(12)
A Universe of Pure Thought
147(12)
Planck
The Mystery of Our Being
159(10)
Pauli
Embracing the Rational and the Mystical
169(12)
Eddington
Beyond the Veil of Physics
181(18)
Mind-Stuff
199(10)
Defense of Mysticism
209

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