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Title: Taking the Quantum Leap : The New Physics for Nonscientists by Fred A. Wolf ISBN: 0-06-096310-7 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 25 January, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A wonderful intro to QM
Comment: The physicist Fred Alan Wolf writes a lucid book of the weird & wonderful world of quantum mechanics for we non-scientist types. The field is fascinating.....and bizarre.
Wolf traces the origins of QM from the late 19th century & also discusses how it disproves some of classical physics' most treasured suppositions. This is a great work for those intrigued by science & the "big" developments in physics of the 20th century.
So, for those who possess inquisitive minds, this is a splendid work. The biologist JBS Haldane once said "Reality is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine." After reading this book, I think that one would be inclined to agree.
Rating: 4
Summary: Mind-bending
Comment: Fred Alan Wolf does a good job of explaining the latest thinking in quantum physics, which he himself concedes to be impossible for us to visualize in many respects, for readers without scientific training. He does this by adopting a historical approach, following the evolution of man's understanding of the nature of motion from the speculations of early Greek philosophers such as Zeno and Aristotle through the work of ground-breaking physicists such as Einstein and Bohr up to the most current knowledge about the crucial importance of the observer in determining reality. Wolf includes some mind-blowing speculations about the nature of human consciousness in the quantum universe which should fascinate you even if you find them difficult to accept.
Rating: 3
Summary: A few good sections, but I was underwhelmed
Comment: This book had three good sections. One discussed how Zeno and other early philosophers looked at physical space as continuous. Another covered the historical period where Bohr, Einstein, and others were making radical new discoveries about how physical space really (or apparently) operated. Finally, there was some discussion about possible worlds. I'm sure any descent physics book would and should cover these areas, so I can't credit Wolf for doing anything special. Although Wolf did a pretty good job at explaining the wave-particle duality with reference to various famous experiments and their interpretations, the end of the book is just plain goofy with his amateurish speculation about physics and philosophy of mind.
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Title: The Best Guide to Eastern Philosophy and Religion by Diane Morgan ISBN: 1580631975 Publisher: Renaissance Books Pub. Date: 25 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Mind into Matter: A New Alchemy of Science and Spirit by Fred Alan Wolf ISBN: 0966132769 Publisher: Moment Point Press, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Future of an Illusion by Sigmund Freud, James Strachey, Peter Gay ISBN: 0393008312 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: August, 1989 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Way of Man: According to the Teaching of Hasidism by Martin Buber ISBN: 0806500247 Publisher: Lyle Stuart Hardcover Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman by Malidoma Patrice Some, Malidoma Patrice Some' ISBN: 0140194967 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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