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Publisher's
Information: For hundreds of years scientists have believed
that the universe is a subtle machinery of interacting parts--from the
smallest subatomic particle to larger collections like human beings and
galaxies.
In Looking Glass Universe Drs. John
Briggs and F. David Peat recreate the mind-boggling journeys taken by
several prominent scientists who are challenging this age-old given. In
lively, non-technical language, the authors describe how scientists in
physics, chemistry, biology, and neurophysiology have hit upon theories
that could revolutionize not only their disciplines, but the way all of us
think about reality. These "looking glass" theories propose that
we are at this very moment living in an Alice-in-Wonderland universe where
each part is in fact the whole, where a scientists conducting an
experiment is himself the experiment, and even inanimate objects contain
consciousness. Finally, we learn how their theories may fit together into
a single new hypothesis which gives scientific meaning to the ancient
mystical idea that the universe is One.
Pat's Comments: I
have fond feelings for this book because it was one of the first to really
help me understand the new physics. Coming from an arts background I
needed the pictures, stories and examples to help me understand. It's a
"fun" book (if there is such a thing) about the new physics. It
must be becoming a bit of a collector's item, because the used book price
is a bit higher than I'd prefer to pay, sight unseen. So see if the public
library has a copy and read it before you invest in your own.
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Glass Universe: The Emerging Science of Wholeness