Synopsis
What if life isn't just a part of the universe . . . what if it determines the very structure of the universe itself?
The theory that blew your mind in Biocentrism and Beyond Biocentrism is back, with brand-new research revealing the startling truth about our existence.
What is consciousness? Why are we here? Where did it all come from—the laws of nature, the stars, the universe? Humans have been asking these questions forever, but science hasn't succeeded in providing many answers—until now. In The Grand Biocentric Design, Robert Lanza, one of Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People," is joined by theoretical physicist Matej Pavšic and astronomer Bob Berman to shed light on the big picture that has long eluded philosophers and scientists alike.
This engaging, mind-stretching exposition of how the history of physics has led us to Biocentrism—the idea that life creates reality-takes readers on a step-by-step adventure into the great science breakthroughs of the past centuries, from Newton to the weirdness of quantum theory, culminating in recent revelations that will challenge everything you think you know about our role in the universe.
This book offers the most complete explanation of the science behind Biocentrism to date, delving into the origins of the memorable principles introduced in previous books in this series, as well as introducing new principles that complete the theory. The authors dive deep into topics including consciousness, time, and the evidence that our observations-or even knowledge in our minds-can affect how physical objects behave.
The Grand Biocentric Design is a one-of-a-kind, groundbreaking explanation of how the universe works, and an exploration of the science behind the astounding fact that time, space, and reality itself, all ultimately depend upon us.
About the Author
Robert Lanza, M.D. Named one of TIME magazine's "100 Most Influential People," Lanza is a renowned scientist and author whose peer-reviewed research spans many fields from biology to theoretical physics. He has worked with some of the greatest minds of our time, including Jonas Salk and B.F. Skinner. A U.S. News & World Report cover story called him "the living embodiment of the character played by Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting" and described him as a "genius," a "renegade thinker," and likened him to Einstein.
Lanza has been pondering the larger existential questions since he was a young boy, exploring the forests of eastern Massachusetts observing nature (like Emerson and Thoreau, who grew up just a few miles from him). This fascination with the nature of life infused his entire career, leading him to the very frontiers of biology and science.
Lanza has also published peer-reviewed papers in theoretical physics, including in Annalen der Physik, which published Einstein's theories of special and general relativity. Lanza's paper takes Einstein's relativity one step further, arguing that time is not only relative to the observer, but that the observer is necessary for the emergence of time itself. Lanza also published a paper in JCAP, one of the leading journals in cosmology and astrophysics, which he co-authored with theoretical physicists, Podolskiy and Barvinsky (one of the world's leading theorists in quantum gravity and quantum cosmology). This paper shows that networks of observers define the structure of physical reality/spacetime itself.
Dr. Lanza and his research have been featured in almost every media outlet in the world, including all the major television networks, CNN, Time, and the front pages of the New York Times and Washington Post, among others.
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