In Search of Divine Reality: Science as a Source of Inspiration - Softcover

Schäfer, Lothar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1557284687 ISBN 13: 9781557284686

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press, 1997

Synopsis

The message of modern physics is that physical reality has, at its frontiers, all the aspects of a transcendent order. At the foundation of things, elementary particles can exert instantaneous long-distance influences on each other, can be meaningfully said to have mind-like properties, and can exist in states which are, as Heisenberg wrote, “not quite real, but between the idea of a thing and a real thing.” Thus, just as dead atoms form living organisms and stupid molecules form intelligent brains, metaphysical entities form physical reality. This remarkable book clearly explains the concepts of quantum physics in order to show how science and spirituality are not separate.

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About the Author

Lothar Schäfer is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Arkansas.

From the Back Cover

The message of modern physics is that physical reality has, at its frontiers, all the aspects of a transcendent order. At the foundation of things, elementary particles can exert instantaneous long-distance influences on each other, can be meaningfully said to have mind-like properties, and can exist in states which are, as Heisenberg wrote, ?not quite real, but between the idea of a thing and a real thing.” Thus, just as dead atoms form living organisms and stupid molecules form intelligent brains, metaphysical entities form physical reality. This remarkable book clearly explains the concepts of quantum physics in order to show how science and spirituality are not separate.

From the Inside Flap

The message of modern physics is that physical reality has, at its frontiers, all the aspects of a transcendent order. At the foundation of things, elementary particles can exert instantaneous long-distance influences on each other, can be meaningfully said to have mind-like properties, and can exist in states which are, as Heisenberg wrote, ?not quite real, but between the idea of a thing and a real thing. Thus, just as dead atoms form living organisms and stupid molecules form intelligent brains, metaphysical entities form physical reality. This remarkable book clearly explains the concepts of quantum physics in order to show how science and spirituality are not separate.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1557284687
• ISBN 13: 9781557284686
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240