Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness

✍ Scribed by Bruce Rosenblum, Fred Kuttner

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 222
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents an excellent, relatively simple, explanation of quantum mechanics for the layperson. It explores the implications of Einstein's "spooky action at a distance" without wandering too far into mysticism. If you are interested in the possibilities of a "conscious universe" but turned-off by the idea of "manifesting your own reality", this is a book that you will enjoy. Half-way between Richard Dawkin's bleak arrogance and an angel on your shoulder...highly recommended!

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 10
1 Presenting the Enigma......Page 14
2 Einstein Called It “Spooky”—and I Wish I Had Known......Page 20
3 The Visit to Neg Ahne Poc: A Quantum Parable......Page 26
4 Our Newtonian Worldview: A Universal Law of Motion......Page 34
5 All the Rest of Classical Physics......Page 50
Hello Quantum Mechanics......Page 62
6 How the Quantum Was Forced on Physics......Page 64
7 Schrödinger’s Equation: The New Universal Law of Motion......Page 80
8 One-Third of Our Economy......Page 92
9 Our Skeleton in the Closet......Page 98
10 Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen......Page 110
11 Schrödinger’s Controversial Cat......Page 126
12 Seeking a Real World: EPR......Page 136
13 Spooky Interactions: Bell’s Theorem......Page 150
14 What’s Going On? Interpreting the Quantum Enigma......Page 164
15 The Mystery of Consciousness......Page 178
16 The Mystery Meets the Enigma......Page 190
17 Consciousness and the Quantum Cosmos......Page 204
Suggested Reading......Page 214
B......Page 216
E......Page 217
I......Page 218
O......Page 219
R......Page 220
W......Page 221
Z......Page 222