The New physics and cosmology: Dialogues with the Dalai Lama

by Arthur Zajonc, Zara Houshmand, George Greenstein

Overview

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 traditions—notably 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195159943
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	03/25/2004
Series:	Mind and Life Ser.
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 6.30(h) x 1.00(d)
Lexile:	1050L (what's this?)

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