Quantations: A Guide to Quantum Living in the 21st Century [Paperback]

Joseph Stirt (Author)

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Publication Date: January 1, 2002

How does the theoretical world of quantum physics create our everyday life? QUANTATIONS explains this with wit and clarity, making the imaginary real.

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Only the incomprehensible is worth understanding. ********************************************************* Nonsense and beauty have close connections. ********************************************************* Explanations are clumsy rationalizations with hindsight. ********************************************************* We live between the inexplicable and the unpredictable. ********************************************************* Conscious life is the experience of quantum reality.

********************************************************* Life is but thought. ********************************************************* Chaos is the energy source of the universe. ********************************************************* You were dead billions of years before you were born. ********************************************************* Entropy happens in an instant; order takes time. ********************************************************* Every moment a beginning, every moment an end. ********************************************************* Reality is a rounding error. ********************************************************* Instability is inescapable; contain it, don't conceal it. ********************************************************* Self and mind are the same thing. ********************************************************* Life is a near-death experience. ********************************************************* The more you know, the less you need. ********************************************************* The more you understand, the less you need to know. ********************************************************* Doubt is the truth of our times. ********************************************************* The universe is really more like a thought than a thing. ********************************************************* Life has no meaning, but we can give it a meaning.

********************************************************* Coincidence is a glimpse of the scaffolding of reality.

Product Details

• Paperback: 108 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595211593
• ISBN-13: 978-0595211593
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,949,176 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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I'm the world's most popular blogging anesthesiologist -- and I do it on a treadmill (blog, not administer anesthesia -- at least not yet).

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quantumly quirky .. fun at many levels of spin and charm, April 28, 2002

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This review is from: Quantations: A Guide to Quantum Living in the 21st Century (Paperback)

Take a facile mind and let it play with the dichotomy between the quantum state and the macro universe - throw in a dash of Twain & Bierce and Darwin & Escher and you have Quantations. A slim book with many big ideas.

Well worth the price and a fun read.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!, March 14, 2002

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Jennifer A. Gage (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quantations: A Guide to Quantum Living in the 21st Century (Paperback)

Imaginative and inspirational. This book has completely transformed my understanding of "the real." A must read for anyone who dares to push the envelope of the possible.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A new way to look at the world and our lives, February 23, 2002

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This review is from: Quantations: A Guide to Quantum Living in the 21st Century (Paperback)

Unbelievably informative, concise and easily understandable , Dr. Stirt shows us how to make some sense out of our lives. He quantifies our lives in this simple yet elegantly written book. A great read for those who need or want to put their existences into perspective. This book is a must. I couldn't put it down.