New Physics and the Mind

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 324 pages
• Published by: BookSurge Publishing August 2, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1419639617
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1419639616
• Book Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 1.2 pounds

Product Description
Some physicists think that Big Science has kidnapped physics and left the mind and consciousness behind. New Physics and the Mind tells these radical physicists' stories--why the mind belongs in physics, and how recent discoveries in particle physics and cosmology combine with mind physics to produce a new scientific agenda for the twenty-first century.

Brain surgery meets rocket science at New Physics and the Mind.

About The Author
Robert Paster earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics from M.I.T. and his master's degree in education from Harvard. He has taught mathematics at an alternative high school, worked as a systems analyst, and--for over two decades--worked as an actuary at one of the nation's largest insurance companies. During this time he continued to keep up with developments in physics, including physicists' speculative research into developing a Theory of Everything, into new physics phenomena that challenge the standard models of particle physics and cosmology, and into the role in physics of consciousness and the mind. Mr. Paster recently took early retirement as vice president of expense & subsidiary management and resumed his study of physics full-time.

New Physics and the Mind is the synthesis of Mr. Paster's two-year effort researching the historical development and scientists' latest thinking regarding the mind, the brain, cognition and perception, atoms and matter, quantum theory, gravitation, and particle physics.

Reader Reviews
I picked this book up because of the "hot" subject. However, for a book with "mind" in its title, this text is surprizingly "mindless." I did not find the connection alluded to in the title substantiated anywhere in the book. More generally, I find that the author has merely tried to summarize some of the evolution of modern physics and newer speculations from a layman's understanding; that is, in an imprecise and often ambiguous way, as opposed to a popular science text written by a scientist who actually understands the physics he describes. I give the book one star for pointing out the existence of some speculative work way out of the mainstream. But the book has, in my estimate, the potential to confuse more minds than it will enlighten. Fortunately, most readers will probably not bother reading beyond the first few pages. Comment (1) | | (Report this)