Staff Pick
The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot is one of my favorite books. Fascinating. Amazing! Physics, swamis, waves, and particles. Extremely readable. Recommended By Adrienne C., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Today nearly everyone is familiar with holograms, three-dimensional images projected into space with the aid of a laser. Now, two of the world's most eminent thinkers -- University of London physicists David Bohm, a former protege of Einstein's and one of the world's most respected quantum physicists, and Stanford neurophysiologist Karl Pribram, one of the architects of our modern understanding of the brain -- believe that the universe itself may be a giant hologram, quite literally a kind of image or construct created, at least in part, by the human mind. This remarkable new way of looking at the universe explains now only many of the unsolved puzzles of physics, but also such mysterious occurrences as telepathy, out-of-body and near death experiences, "lucid" dreams, and even religious and mystical experiences such as feelings of cosmic unity and miraculous healings.
Synopsis
Firmly rooted in the best scientific traditions, The Holographic Universe explains the bold new theory advanced by University of London physicist David Bohm and Karl Pribram, a neurophysiologist at Stanford University. Drawing together modern science and ancient religious and shamanic teaching to further explore the evidence that ours is not the only reality, Talbot changes our view of our role in the universe. Talbot explains the ways in which our concepts of time, personality and even consciousness are altered by defining them as holographic.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-327) and index.