Ebook: The Physicists’ View of Nature: Part 2: The Quantum Revolution

This book was designed as a textbook for students who need to fill their science requirement. The Quantum Revolution discusses how quantum theory overthrew the objective, materialist and determinist worldviews of classical physics. The text emphasizes how quantum physics may reestablish consciousness as a causal agent in science by delving into quantum non-locality and its implications to society.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
From Classical Physics to Quantum Physics: A Still Aborning Paradigm Shift....Pages 3-9
Can We Determine the Metaphysics Underlying Reality?....Pages 11-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Planck Takes a Quantum Leap....Pages 21-27
Einstein’s Photons....Pages 29-33
The Bohr Atom....Pages 35-40
The Discovery of Quantum Mechanics....Pages 41-46
Possibility Waves, Uncertainty, and Complementarity....Pages 47-63
The Copenhagen Interpretation....Pages 65-70
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Atoms and Light....Pages 73-83
Atoms and Chemistry....Pages 85-92
The World of Nuclei....Pages 93-106
Elementary Particle Physics: The Quest for Elementarity....Pages 107-118
More Quantum Technology: Solid State Physics....Pages 119-127
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Quantum Nonlocality....Pages 131-138
The Paradox of Schr?dinger’s Cat....Pages 139-146
Speculations About the Brain: Consciousness Within the Quantum....Pages 147-157
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Consciousness Enters Physics....Pages 161-166
The Idealist Interpretation....Pages 167-176
A Summary Tour of Quantumland....Pages 177-188
From Deep to Deeper to Deepest Ecology....Pages 189-192
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
The Reconciliation with David Bohm’s Physics....Pages 193-196
The Gifts of Quantum Physics....Pages 197-206
Quantum Creativity....Pages 207-217
Integrating Dualities....Pages 219-226
Quantum Cosmology and Consciousness....Pages 227-233
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
Anomalies in Biology and the Need for a Paradigm Shift....Pages 237-243
Toward a Paradigm Shift in Biology....Pages 245-254
What Is Life?....Pages 255-267
The Quantum Theory of Punctuated Equilibrium....Pages 269-277
Evolution and Morphogenesis....Pages 279-288
Creativity in Biological Systems....Pages 289-297
Front Matter....Pages 299-299
Consciousness and Evolution....Pages 301-310
The Challenge of Trans-Modernism....Pages 311-320
Epilogue:God and the Physicists’ View of Nature—An Imaginary Dialogue....Pages 321-329
Back Matter....Pages 331-343

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
From Classical Physics to Quantum Physics: A Still Aborning Paradigm Shift....Pages 3-9
Can We Determine the Metaphysics Underlying Reality?....Pages 11-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Planck Takes a Quantum Leap....Pages 21-27
Einstein’s Photons....Pages 29-33
The Bohr Atom....Pages 35-40
The Discovery of Quantum Mechanics....Pages 41-46
Possibility Waves, Uncertainty, and Complementarity....Pages 47-63
The Copenhagen Interpretation....Pages 65-70
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Atoms and Light....Pages 73-83
Atoms and Chemistry....Pages 85-92
The World of Nuclei....Pages 93-106
Elementary Particle Physics: The Quest for Elementarity....Pages 107-118
More Quantum Technology: Solid State Physics....Pages 119-127
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Quantum Nonlocality....Pages 131-138
The Paradox of Schr?dinger’s Cat....Pages 139-146
Speculations About the Brain: Consciousness Within the Quantum....Pages 147-157
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Consciousness Enters Physics....Pages 161-166
The Idealist Interpretation....Pages 167-176
A Summary Tour of Quantumland....Pages 177-188
From Deep to Deeper to Deepest Ecology....Pages 189-192
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
The Reconciliation with David Bohm’s Physics....Pages 193-196
The Gifts of Quantum Physics....Pages 197-206
Quantum Creativity....Pages 207-217
Integrating Dualities....Pages 219-226
Quantum Cosmology and Consciousness....Pages 227-233
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
Anomalies in Biology and the Need for a Paradigm Shift....Pages 237-243
Toward a Paradigm Shift in Biology....Pages 245-254
What Is Life?....Pages 255-267
The Quantum Theory of Punctuated Equilibrium....Pages 269-277
Evolution and Morphogenesis....Pages 279-288
Creativity in Biological Systems....Pages 289-297
Front Matter....Pages 299-299
Consciousness and Evolution....Pages 301-310
The Challenge of Trans-Modernism....Pages 311-320
Epilogue:God and the Physicists’ View of Nature—An Imaginary Dialogue....Pages 321-329
Back Matter....Pages 331-343
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