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Atoms, Stars and Minds: Synthesizing an Elementary Particle That Comprehends Itself (The Copernican Series ; Vol 3)

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The one positive review of this new age blather, the one that praises it's LOGIC, is what proves the absurdity of this book. Anyone with any understanding of physics beyond the laws of Newton knows that logic does not apply. How logical is Special Relativity or quantum mechanics? These theories are so counterintuitive it makes one's head spin, but that certainly does not render them false. This book only makes for good reading at the Burning Man festival or UFO conventions. Please save your time and money and pass on it.

i happen to agree with most if not all of the authors contentions, unfortunately his books are written in a long nonsensical run on type of sentance and he offers not a single example of evidence for ANYTHING! ...this book is written (no JOKING) like a serial killer with half a mind sitting in a cell writting his world conspiracy manifesto..I swear all jokes aside this book is written in such a jumbling irrational manner i can narry fathom ANY publisher accepting it under any circumstances....the way and means in which the book is written should be a study for psychologists for how a disturbed mind works and writes..This is no joke or pun...This book is HIGHGLY disturbing..

The book is well organized, and offers much information, but it somehow misses the intented impact that the author promises. It has mass but is still a "light-weight".

It's interesting that Bros has inspired such vehement reactions in the reviewers below but that should tell you he's on to something.

Bros is a difficult read. He is clearly not a great writer and does not always do a good job explaining his ideas. But I agree that once you sift through his prose you will find that he does an excellent job of tearing apart the underpinnings of modern physics. If you think that modern physics is the pinnacle of human thought you will not enjoy this book and probably will not understand it either.

As for the reviewer below who concludes that "logic does not apply" to physics, that is technically true, but logic does indeed apply to the manner in which we use our intellects to arrive at those "laws". Bros argues, successfully I believe, that the thought processes scientists have used to arrive at the modern "laws" of physics are not completely logical. And therefore the "laws" of physics are not "laws" and need to be reevaluated in the light of logical thought.

I think it's clear that Bros will be ignored now but 50-100 years from now he will recognized as a courageous genius. If you don't understand how he uses logic, don't worry about it, you're in the same boat as 99.9% of the human race.

Bros is an extremely intelligent writer who has somehow managed to shake off the weight of mainstream scientific political correctness and give us a better look at how the universe may really be organized.

The reviews below that claim Bros gives no scientific support for his arguments completely miss the mark. Bros uses LOGIC, impeccable logic in most cases, to show that many areas of mainstream science are lacking in any logical foundation. You do not need a scientific citation to establish the validity of a logical statement, but you do need to be able to THINK LOGICALLY, a trait that the reviewers below lack as well as most American scientists and almost all American students. Bravo to Bros for having the intellect and the courage to attack the most basic concepts of modern scientific thought.