The physics of consciousness : the quantum minds and the meaning of life /

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 a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walker, Evan Harris
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Perseus Books, [2000], ©2000
Cambridge, Mass. : c2000
Cambridge, Mass. : [2000]
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Where Have the Gods All Gone? 7
  • 2 It's a Material World 15
  • 3 Into Eternity 29
  • 4 Light Fantastic 41
  • 5 Jitterbug World, Jitterbug Reality 51
  • 6 Hunt for the Tin Man's Heart 67
  • 7 Many Worlds, Many Mansions 85
  • 8 Sound of the Temple Bell 115
  • 9 A Golden Brocade 141
  • 10 Satori Physics 161
  • 11 Looking for the Emerald City 185
  • 12 Red Shoes 215
  • 13 To Sleep, Perchance to Dream 239
  • 14 A Matter of Will 257
  • 15 Quantum Miracles 267
  • 16 From Epicycles to Loops 279
  • 17 Causal Mind 311
  • 18 A God for Tomorrow 327
  • 1 Where Have the Gods All Gone? 7
  • 2 It's a Material World 15
  • 3 Into Eternity 29
  • 4 The Light Fantastic 41
  • 5 Jitterbug World, Jitterbug Reality 51
  • 6 Hunt for the Tin Man's Heart 67
  • 7 Many Worlds, Many Mansions 85
  • 8 The Sound of the Temple Bell 115
  • 9 A Golden Brocade 141
  • 10 Satori Physics 161
  • 11 Looking for the Emerald City 185
  • 12 The Red Shoes 215
  • 13 To Sleep, Perchance to Dream 239
  • 14 A Matter of Will 257
  • 15 Quantum Miracles 267
  • 16 From Epicycles to Loops 279
  • 17 The Causal Mind 311
  • 18 A God for Tomorrow 327