The quantum and the lotus : a journey to the frontiers where science and Buddhism meet / Matthieu Ricard and Trinh Xuan Thuan.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: French New York : Three River Press, 2001Description: viii, 312 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1400080797
- Infini dans la paume de la main. English
- 294.3/375 21
- BQ4570.S3 R5313 2001
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-296) and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1. -- AT THE CROSSROADS -- 7 -- 2. -- TO BE AND NOT TO BE -- 3 -- IN SEARCH OF THE GREAT WATCHMAKER -- 37 -- 4. -- THE UNIVERSE IN A GRAIN OF SAND -- 61 -- 5. -- MIRAGES OF REALITY -- 79 -- 6. -- LIKE A BOLT FROM THE BLUE -- 101 -- 7. -- EACH TO HIS OWN REALITY -- 113 -- 8. -- QUESTIONS OF TIME -- 127 -- 9. -- CHAOS AND HARMONY -- 141 -- 10. -- THE VIRTUAL FRONTIER -- 161 -- 11. -- ROBOTS THAT THINK THEY CAN THINK? -- 183 -- 12. -- THE GRAMMAR OF THE UNIVERSE -- 205 -- 13. -- REASON AND CONTEMPLATION -- 229 -- 14 -- BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER -- 251 -- 15. -- FROM MEDITATION TO ACTION -- 257 -- THE MONK'S CONCLUSION -- 267 -- THE SCIENTIST'S CONCLUSION -- 275 -- Notes 283 -- Scientific Glossary 297 -- Buddhist Glossary 302 -- Acknowledgments 306 -- Index 307.