Synopses & Reviews
What happens when the Dalai Lama meets with leading physicists and a historian? This book is the carefully edited record of the fascinating discussions at a Mind and Life conference in which five leading physicists and a historian (David Finkelstein, George Greenstein, Piet Hut, Arthur Zajonc, Anton Zeilinger, and Tu Weiming) discussed with the Dalai Lama current thought in theoretical quantum physics, in the context of Buddhist philosophy. A contribution to the science-religion interface, and a useful explanation of our basic understanding of quantum reality, couched at a level that intelligent readers without a deep involvement in science can grasp.
In the tradition of other popular books on resonances between modern quantum physics and Zen or Buddhist mystical traditionsnotably The Dancing Wu Li Masters and The Tao of Physics, this book gives a clear and useful update of the genuine correspondences between these two rather disparate approaches to understanding the nature of reality.
Synopsis
Gives a clear and useful update to understanding the nature of reality.
Synopsis
What happens when the Dalai Lama meets with five leading physicists and a historian (David Finkelstein, George Greensteinm Piet Hut, Arthur Zajonc, Anton Zeilinger and Tu Weiming)? This book documents their fascinating discussions about theoretical quantum physics and Buddhist philosophy.
About the Author
Arthur Zajonc is a Professor of Physics at Amherst College.
Table of Contents
Prelude
1. Experiment and Paradox in Quantum Physics, Presenter: Anton Zeilinger
2. Philosophical Reflections on Quantum Realities
3. Space, Time, and the Quantum, Presenter: David Finkelstein
4. Buddhist Views on Space and Time
5. Quantum Logic Meets Buddhist Logic
6. Participation and Personal Knowledge, Presenter: Tu Weiming
7. The Relationship between Scientific Knowledge and Human Experience, Presenter: Arthur Zajonc
8. Investigating the World, Pondering the Mind
9. New Images of the Universe, Presenter: George Greenstein
10. Origins of the Universe and Buddhist Causality
11. Science in Search of a World View, Presenter: Piet Hut
12. Knowing and Suffering
Notes
About the Mind and Life Institute
Index