The Physics of Consciousness: The Quantum Minds and the Meaning of Life

Evan Harris Walker

Basic Books, 2000 - Science - 368 pages

For decades, neuroscientists, psychologists, and an army of brain researchers have been struggling, in vain, to explain the phenomenon of consciousness. Now there is a clear trail to the answer, and it leads through the dense jungle of quantum physics, Zen, and subjective experience, and arrives at an unexpected destination. In this tour-de-force of scientific investigation, Evan Harris Walker shows how the operation of bizarre yet actual properties of elementary particles support a new and exciting theory of reality, based on the principles of quantum physics-a theory that answers questions such as "What is the nature of consciousness, of will?" "What is the source of material reality?" and "What is God?”

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Review: The Physics Of Consciousness: The Quantum Mind And The Meaning Of Life

User Review  - Zach - Goodreads

Great book overall. A stark contrast from scientific literature where there is overwhelming apprehension to make bold interpretive statements, as this account should be. I appreciate Walker's ...

Review: The Physics Of Consciousness: The Quantum Mind And The Meaning Of Life

User Review  - Alexander - Goodreads

Amazing book. Both introspective and backed by empirical reasoning/scientific examples, this book stands face-to-face with life's hardest questions: why are we here? who are we? how do we think? how ...

Contents

• III: 7
• IV: 15
• V: 29
• VI: 41
• VII: 51
• VIII: 67
• IX: 85
• X: 115
• XI: 141
• XII: 161
• XIII: 185
• XIV: 215
• XV: 239
• XVI: 257
• XVII: 267
• XVIII: 279
• XIX: 311
• XX: 327
• XXI: 339
• XXII: 343
• XXIII: 345
• XXIV: 357

About the author

Evan Harris Walker, founder of the Walker Cancer Institute, has made major scientific contributions in astronomy, astrophysics, physics, neurophysiology, psychology, and medicine. Since he received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Maryland in 1964, he has published more than a hundred papers in scientific journals and holds a dozen patents. He lives in Aberdeen, Maryland.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Physics of Consciousness: The Quantum Minds and the Meaning of Life; Helix Books
• Author: Evan Harris Walker
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Basic Books, 2000
• ISBN: 0738204366, 9780738204369
• Length: 368 pages
• Subjects: Psychology / Neuropsychology; Science / Physics / General; Science / Physics / Quantum Theory