This book discuss how the mechanistic theories of modern science have difficulty explaining such phenomena as consciousness, complex biological form, and inspiration, and how the non-mechanistic science of bhakti-yoga from India can help provide useful explanations.
| ||||||||||||
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Editorial Reviews
Review
"...I learned that the basic philosophical ideas...are virtually identical with those which quantum mechanics leads me to." -- Eugene Wigner, Nobel Prize for Physics, 1963
"...think it is an important book which would be of interest to many people." -- Brian Josephson, Nobel Prize for Physics, 1973
The author makes a special point that science has not satisfactorily described creativity, inspiration, hope, love, and consciousness. -- Dr. Fred M. Menger, professor, Emory University, Atlanta
"...think it is an important book which would be of interest to many people." -- Brian Josephson, Nobel Prize for Physics, 1973
The author makes a special point that science has not satisfactorily described creativity, inspiration, hope, love, and consciousness. -- Dr. Fred M. Menger, professor, Emory University, Atlanta
About the Author
Richard L. Thompson was born in Binghampton, New York, in 1947. In 1974 he received his Ph. D. in mathematics from Cornell University, where he specialized in probability theory and statistical mechanics.
Dr. Thompson has done scientific research in quantum physics, mathematical biology, and remote sensing. He has extensively investigated ancient Indian astronomy, cosmology, and spirituality, and he has developed multimedia expositions on these topics. He is the author of six books on topics ranging from consciousness to archeology and ancient astronomy.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet.
|
|||
|
Video reviews
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
The life sciences are now dominated by the idea that life can be completely understood within the framework of chemistry and physics. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
total state vector, low information content, simple natural laws, sentient computer, thermodynamic ensembles, high information content, mechanistic world view, emergent entities, emergent evolution, relation between consciousness, symbolic description Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Supreme Person, Bhaktivedanta Swami, Charles Darwin, Krsna Himself, Albert Einstein, Hare Krsna, John von Neumann, Molecular Biology of the Gene, Steven Weinberg New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
The life sciences are now dominated by the idea that life can be completely understood within the framework of chemistry and physics. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
total state vector, low information content, simple natural laws, sentient computer, thermodynamic ensembles, high information content, mechanistic world view, emergent entities, emergent evolution, relation between consciousness, symbolic description Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Supreme Person, Bhaktivedanta Swami, Charles Darwin, Krsna Himself, Albert Einstein, Hare Krsna, John von Neumann, Molecular Biology of the Gene, Steven Weinberg New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 61
books:
See all 61 books this book cites
7
books
cite this book:
See all 7 books citing this book
- Evolution After Darwin: v. 1-3 by Sol Tax on 5 pages
- Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics by John von Neumann on 4 pages
- On the Origin of Species (Penguin Classics) by Charles Darwin on 4 pages
- The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin on 4 pages
- The Origin Of Species: 150th Anniversary Edition by Charles Darwin on 4 pages
See all 61 books this book cites
- Science and the Myth of Progress (Perennial Philosophy) by Merhdad M. Zarandi on page 161
- Reflections on Kurt Gödel by Hao Wang on page 197
- God and Science: Divine Causation and the Laws of Nature by Richard L. Thompson in Back Matter
- Vedic Cosmography and Astronomy by Richard L. Thompson in Back Matter
- Alien Identities : Ancient Insights into Modern UFO Phenomena by Richard L. Thompson in Back Matter
See all 7 books citing this book
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
