Quantum Enigma : Physics Encounters Consciousness

Physics Encounters Consciousness

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Physics, Quantum Theory, General Physics
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Author: Bruce Rosenblum;Fred Kutter ISBN: 9780199792955
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Publication: July 1, 2011
Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA Language: English
Author: Bruce Rosenblum;Fred Kutter
ISBN: 9780199792955
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication: July 1, 2011
Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English

In trying to understand the atom physicists built quantum mechanics the most successful theory in science and the basis of one-third of our economy. They found to their embarrassment that with their theory physics encounters consciousness. Authors Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner explain all this in non-technical terms with help from some fanciful stories and anecdotes about the theory's developers. They present the quantum mystery honestly emphasizing what is and what is not speculation. Quantum Enigma's description of the experimental quantum facts and the quantum theory explaining them is undisputed. Interpreting what it all means however is heatedly controversial. But every interpretation of quantum physics involves consciousness. Rosenblum and Kuttner therefore turn to exploring consciousness itself--and encounter quantum mechanics. Free will and anthropic principles become crucial issues and the connection of consciousness with the cosmos suggested by some leading quantum cosmologists is mind-blowing. Readers are brought to a boundary where the particular expertise of physicists is no longer the only sure guide. They will find instead the facts and hints provided by quantum mechanics and the ability to speculate for themselves. In the few decades since the Bell's theorem experiments established the existence of entanglement (Einstein's "spooky action") interest in the foundations and the mysteries of quantum mechanics has accelerated. In recent years physicists philosophers computer engineers and even biologists have expanded our realization of the significance of quantum phenomena. This second edition includes such advances. The authors have also drawn on many responses from readers and instructors to improve the clarity of the book's explanations.

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In trying to understand the atom physicists built quantum mechanics the most successful theory in science and the basis of one-third of our economy. They found to their embarrassment that with their theory physics encounters consciousness. Authors Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner explain all this in non-technical terms with help from some fanciful stories and anecdotes about the theory's developers. They present the quantum mystery honestly emphasizing what is and what is not speculation. Quantum Enigma's description of the experimental quantum facts and the quantum theory explaining them is undisputed. Interpreting what it all means however is heatedly controversial. But every interpretation of quantum physics involves consciousness. Rosenblum and Kuttner therefore turn to exploring consciousness itself--and encounter quantum mechanics. Free will and anthropic principles become crucial issues and the connection of consciousness with the cosmos suggested by some leading quantum cosmologists is mind-blowing. Readers are brought to a boundary where the particular expertise of physicists is no longer the only sure guide. They will find instead the facts and hints provided by quantum mechanics and the ability to speculate for themselves. In the few decades since the Bell's theorem experiments established the existence of entanglement (Einstein's "spooky action") interest in the foundations and the mysteries of quantum mechanics has accelerated. In recent years physicists philosophers computer engineers and even biologists have expanded our realization of the significance of quantum phenomena. This second edition includes such advances. The authors have also drawn on many responses from readers and instructors to improve the clarity of the book's explanations.

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