TY - BOOK ID - 7765039 TI - Mind, matter and quantum mechanics PY - 2009 SN - 3642434983 3540896538 9786612005145 1282005146 3540896546 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Quantum theory. KW - Quantum theory KW - Physics KW - Mind and body KW - Atomic Physics KW - Physical Sciences & Mathematics KW - Philosophy KW - Mind and body. KW - Philosophy. KW - Body and mind KW - Body and soul (Philosophy) KW - Human body KW - Mind KW - Mind-body connection KW - Mind-body relations KW - Mind-cure KW - Somatopsychics KW - Quantum dynamics KW - Quantum mechanics KW - Quantum physics KW - Psychological aspects KW - Physics. KW - Quantum physics. KW - Elementary particles (Physics). KW - Quantum field theory. KW - Popular works. KW - Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory. KW - Philosophy, general. KW - Quantum Physics. KW - Popular Science, general. KW - Brain KW - Dualism KW - Philosophical anthropology KW - Holistic medicine KW - Mental healing KW - Parousia (Philosophy) KW - Phrenology KW - Psychophysiology KW - Self KW - Mechanics KW - Thermodynamics KW - Philosophy (General). KW - Science (General). KW - Mental philosophy KW - Humanities KW - Relativistic quantum field theory KW - Field theory (Physics) KW - Relativity (Physics) KW - Elementary particles (Physics) KW - High energy physics KW - Nuclear particles KW - Nucleons KW - Nuclear physics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7765039 AB - "Scientists other than quantum physicists often fail to comprehend the enormity of the conceptual change wrought by quantum theory in our basic conception of the nature of matter," writes Henry Stapp. Stapp is a leading quantum physicist who has given particularly careful thought to the implications of the theory that lies at the heart of modern physics. In this book, which contains several of his key papers as well as new material, he focuses on the problem of consciousness and explains how quantum mechanics allows causally effective conscious thought to be combined in a natural way with the physical brain made of neurons and atoms. The book is divided into four sections. The first consists of an extended introduction. Key foundational and somewhat more technical papers are included in the second part, together with a clear exposition of the "orthodox" interpretation of quantum mechanics. The third part addresses, in a non-technical fashion, the implications of the theory for some of the most profound questions that mankind has contemplated: How does the world come to be just what it is and not something else? How should humans view themselves in a quantum universe? What will be the impact on society of the revised scientific image of the nature of man? The final part contains a mathematical appendix for the specialist and a glossary of important terms and ideas for the interested layman. This third edition has been significantly expanded with two new chapters covering the author's most recent work. ER -