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A New Vision of Reality: Western Science, Eastern Mysticism and Christian Faith Author: Bede Griffiths Editor/Commentator: Ed. Felicity Edwards Publisher: Fount, HarperCollins, London ISBN: 0006276369 Format: Paperback Pages: 304 List Price: £6.99 |
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Counting Sheep Author: Paul Martin Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Flamingo ISBN: 0006551726 Format: Paperback Pages: 416 List Price: £7.00 |
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Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Scientist Martin (The Healing Mind) is on a mission to cure our "sleep-sick society" and convince us, for our own good, to start taking sleep more seriously. Pithy, wry and earthily humorous, this book is Martin's manifesto for a healthier society. He systematically critiques how our culture encourages us to skimp on sleep (usually so that we can work longer hours), and he rues the bad example of our befuddled, jet-lagged politicians. Applying scientific fact, theory and experiment, Martin demonstrates the similarity between sleeplessness and drunkenness; the links between the hours modern schoolchildren keep and ADHD; the role of sleeplessness in man-made disasters; and how sleeplessness and night shift work can contribute to serious illness. Martin highlights extreme abuses of sleep deprivation in torture and in warfare, while also celebrating sleep's creative power, telling of musicians who have woken up humming melodies and the scientists who benefited from the problem-solving qualities of deep REM sleep. When he discusses dreaming, Martin touches on the habits and beliefs of traditional societies as revealed by anthropologists, and neatly debunks Freud's interpretation of all dream imagery as sexual. A writer fully in command of his subject and his style, Martin reveals just how deeply and madly we pay for our collective indifference to the value of so simple a pleasure as a good night's sleep. Copyright ® Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Booklist As Martin catalogs what science has learned about sleep, he also exhibits a penchant for literary epigrams, cuing a discussion of insomnia or sleep's quality of escapism with a theme-setting quotation from Shakespeare, Milton, or Dickens. This arts-and-sciences combo lends fluidity to his presentation, as does his style of making a simple question (e.g., How much sleep do people need?) every subtopic's point of departure. Apparently urbanites are not getting enough sleep, and have not since the invention of electric lighting upset the dusk-to-dawn sleeping pattern of preindustrial societies. Martin chalks up the nefarious effects, including traffic and industrial accidents, impaired learning, and health problems. Our frenetic civilization also, Martin avers, deprives people of sleep's delights of restfulness and dreaming. In his synopses of sleep research, Martin exudes a sociable, we're-in-this-together demeanor that is appealing to readers, especially those willing to stand back and consider in detail how they fall asleep and dream. If in need of a popular-science introduction to slumbering, libraries can't go wrong with Martin's offering. Gilbert Taylor Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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Discovery of the Presence of God: Devotional Nonduality Author: Dr. David R. Hawkins Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Veritas Publishing Company ISBN: 978-0-9715007-6-1 Format: Paperback Pages: 295 List Price: £12.00 |
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Editorial Reviews Product Description This, the sixth book in a progressive series by the author, finalizes and further clarifies the true nature and core of the condition termed "Enlightenment." Although it draws on consciousness research for explanation and contextualization, it is primarily an instruction manual for the serious spiritual devotee and reveals information that is known only by those who have transcended the ego to reach Divine Realization. This is the inner route from the self to the Self, and the descriptions of the progressive states are devoted to the reader's own Illumination. The subjective states of the mystic have been of great interest but historically never have been clarified to the degree presented in this semi-autobiographical account that also provides the means by which to identify their rare occurrence and thus describe the core characteristics of Spiritual Truth. Devoid of ecclesiastical doctrine or religious belief systems, the pristine essence of all spiritual Truth is revealed in its purity with unprecedented clarity. It becomes clear that to truly "know" is to "be" rather than to "know about." Why all of Dr. Hawkins' books begin and end with Gloria in Excelsis Deo! becomes apparent. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality Author: Dean Radin Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Paraview Pocket Books ISBN: 1416516778 Format: Paperback Pages: 368 List Price: £8.99 |
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Editorial Reviews Review "From the Einstein of consciousness research comes a work that could change forever how we view the nature of human consciousness and our origins and destiny."-- Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Healing Words "Dean Radin brings parapsychology into mainstream science. The revolution has begun."-- Deepak Chopra, author of The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life Product Description IS EVERYTHING CONNECTED? Can we sense what's happening to loved ones thousands of miles away? Why are we sometimes certain of a caller's identity the instant the phone rings? Do intuitive hunches contain information about future events? Is it possible to perceive without the use of the ordinary senses? Many people believe that such "psychic phenomena" are rare talents or divine gifts. Others don't believe they exist at all. But the latest scientific research shows that these phenomena are both real and widespread, and are an unavoidable consequence of the interconnected, entangled physical reality we live in. Albert Einstein called entanglement "spooky action at a distance" -- the way two objects remain connected through time and space, without communicating in any conventional way, long after their initial interaction has taken place. Could a similar entanglement of minds explain our apparent psychic abilities? Dean Radin, senior scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, believes it might. In this illuminating book, Radin shows how we know that psychic phenomena such as telepathy, clairvoyance, and psychokinesis are real, based on scientific evidence from thousands of controlled lab tests. Radin surveys the origins of this research and explores, among many topics, the collective premonitions of 9/11. He reveals the physical reality behind our uncanny telepathic experiences and intuitive hunches, and he debunks the skeptical myths surrounding them. Entangled Minds sets the stage for a rational, scientific understanding of psychic experience. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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Explaining the Unexplained Author: Hans J. Eysenck and Carl Sargent Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Multtimedia Publications Inc. ISBN: 0297780689 Format: Hardcover Pages: 192 List Price: £10.00 |
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Editorial Reviews Product Description Over 75% of the population believes in ESP (extra-sensory preception), and a majority in precognition. Reports of apparitions, of telepathy, and other strange phenomena have been rife since antiquity. Science has made such staggering advances in explaining the world around us that paranormal events - those that seem to contradict scientific laws - appear all the more suspect. This book argues that these dismissive attitudes are fundamentally not-scientific. Where evidence for the paranormal exists, scientists have a responsibility to examine and evaluate that evidence. The authors of this book investigate poltergeists, the mystique and the powers of mediums and faith healers, and the effects of sensory deprivation, meditation and hypnosis on paranormal human abilities (psi). They also discuss the most recent findings concerning mind-over-matter experiments, life beyond death and the effects of personality, sex differences and the environment on the way that psi operates. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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From Science To God Author: Peter Russell Editor/Commentator: Publisher: ISBN: Format: Pages: 0 List Price: £6.00 |
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From Vedanta to Modern Science Author: Dr.P.V. Joshi Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Ocean Books ISBN: 978-81-88322-46-6 Format: Hardcover Pages: 290 List Price: £15.00 |
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Games People Play Author: Eric Berne Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Penguin Books ISBN: 140027688 Format: Paperback Pages: 176 List Price: £2.50 |
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Editorial Reviews Review "An important book . . . a brilliant, amusing, and clear catalogue of the psychological theatricals that human beings play over and over again." -KURT VONNEGUT, Life magazine From the Trade Paperback edition. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Product Description Do you realise you, and all the people you know, play games? All the time? Sexual games, marital games, complex games that you're not even aware of as you go about your usual life? You might play games like 'Alcoholic' or 'The Frigid Woman' at weekends, or perhaps 'Ain't it awful' or 'Kick me' while you're at work. First published in the 1960s and recognized as a classic work of its kind by professionals, the bestselling "Games People Play" is also an accessible and fascinating read. It is a wise, original, witty and very sensible analysis of the games we play in order to live with one another - and with ourselves. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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How the Mind Works Author: Steven Pinker Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Penguin Books ISBN: 0140244913 Format: Paperback Pages: 672 List Price: £5.00 |
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Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Review Why do fools fall in love? Why does a man's annual salary, on average, increase $600 with each inch of his height? When a crack dealer guns down a rival, how is he just like Alexander Hamilton, whose face is on the ten-dollar bill? How do optical illusions function as windows on the human soul? Cheerful, cheeky, occasionally outrageous MIT psychologist Steven Pinker answers all of the above and more in his marvelously fun, awesomely informative survey of modern brain science. Pinker argues that Darwin plus canny computer programs are the key to understanding ourselves--but he also throws in apt references to Star Trek, Star Wars, The Far Side, history, literature, W. C. Fields, Mozart, Marilyn Monroe, surrealism, experimental psychology, and Moulay Ismail the Bloodthirsty and his 888 children. If How the Mind Works were a rock show, tickets would be scalped for $100. This book deserved its spot as Number One on bestseller lists. It belongs on a short shelf alongside such classics as Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life, by Daniel C. Dennett, and The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology, by Robert Wright. Pinker's startling ideas pop out as dramatically as those hidden pictures in a Magic Eye 3D stereogram poster, which he also explains in brilliantly lucid prose. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal MIT's Pinker, who received considerable acclaim for The Language Instinct (LJ 2/1/94), turns his attention to how the mind functions and how and why it evolved as it did. The author relies primarily on the computational theory of mind and the theory of the natural selection of replicators to explain how the mind perceives, reasons, interacts socially, experiences varied emotions, creates, and philosophizes. Drawing upon theory and research from a variety of disciplines (most notably cognitive science and evolutionary biology) and using the principle of "reverse-engineering," Pinker speculates on what the mind was designed to do and how it has evolved into a system of "psychological faculties or mental modules." His latest book is extraordinarily ambitious, often complex, occasionally tedious, frequently entertaining, and consistently challenging. Appropriate for academic and large public libraries.?Laurie Bartolini, MacMurray Coll. Lib., Jacksonville, Ill. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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Into the Silent Land Author: Paul Broks Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Atlantic Books ISBN: 190380955X Format: Hardcover Pages: 208 List Price: £5.00 |
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Editorial Reviews Review "The eagerly awaited paperback by Paul Broks, the new star of psychological writing: 'in terms of sheer prose ability he is a modern master.' Andrew Marr, Telegraph; 'Into the Silent Land is rich with disturbing images, eerie characters and wistful philosophical reflections... in terms of sheer prose ability, he is a modern master' Andrew Marr, Telegraph; 'Genius... personal, poetic and truthful. It reads as light as a souffle, yet also has the resonant depth to haunt you for the rest of your days' Guardian; 'A beautifully written addition to brain literature... will mesmerise anyone curious about the mass of goo inside our heads' Time Out, Book of the Week; 'A debut of considerable distinction' Sunday Times; 'Beautifully written and beautifully thought through' Professor Steven Rose" --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Product Description Paul Broks draws on his 15 years as a neuropsychologist to present a narrative about memory and personal identity. Macabre yet humane, unsettling but affecting, he writes about the experiences of his patients, and his experience as their psychologist. The stories are those of ordinary people whose extraordinary illnesses have much to say to everyone about who and what we are. They are also about chance, compassion, human fallibility and eccentricity. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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Lucid Dreaming Author: Stephen LaBerge Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Sounds True Inc. ISBN: 1591791502 Format: Hardcover Pages: 83 List Price: £3.00 |
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Editorial Reviews Product Description What if right now, reading these words, you suddenly realized that you were actually dreaming - and that in this domain you could do anything imaginable? That is what it’s like to dream lucidly, teaches Stephen LaBerge. In this new book/CD, he teaches his simple, proven methods for becoming fully conscious in the dream state.. with expert instruction gleaned from LaBerge’s 20 years of pioneer in research at Stanford University, now anyone can learn to consciously explore and use their dreams for self-discovery, creativity, fantasy fulfillment, emotional healing, and profound spiritual insights. CD includes two complete guided dream induction sessions. From the Publisher Stephen LaBerge is considered the pioneer of lucid dreaming, with more than 20 years of research at Stanford University. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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Making Time Author: Steve Taylor Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Icon Books ISBN: 978-1-84831-001-8 Format: Paperback Pages: 272 List Price: £2.50 |
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Editorial Reviews Review "'Have you ever wished there were more hours in the day? In what is both a practical manual and a textbook of psychology, he illustrates that time itself is in some sense an illusion... It is possible to alter our perceptions in order to make time pass quickly or slowly and Taylor shows how it can be done' Good Book Guide 'Taylor explores these ideas in an entirely accessible and engaging way. Time you read it' The Crack" Product Description Why does time seem to speed up as we get older or when we're having fun, or drag when we're bored or anxious? This eye-opening book gives an astounding insight into why our perception of time changes-and how we can take charge of it in our own lives. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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Maya in Physics Author: N. C. Panda Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass ISBN: 978-81-208-0698-6 Format: Hardcover Pages: 453 List Price: £15.00 |
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Book Description just reprinted, excellent ed. Motilal. classic study, slightly revised Editorial Reviews About the Author Dr. Nrusing Charan Panda was born on the 20th April 1929 in Orissa. He obtained his master of science and Doctor of philosophy degree from the University of Missouri USA. His field of specialisation is nutritional Biochemistry. He worked in the Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology Bhubaneswar in all cadres of teaching posts and retired in 1992 from the post of the dean. Subsequent to his retirement he was honoured as a scientist Emeritus.Prof. Panda has the rare distinction of being a scientist a literateur a philosopher and a psychologist. Being a fiction writer and essayist and a poet he has been honoured with a number of prestigious awards for his novels. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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Mind Over Matter Author: Kit Pedler Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Thames Methuen ISBN: 0423001205 Format: Hardcover Pages: 192 List Price: £5.00 |
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Mysticism and Science: A Call for Reconciliation Author: S Abhayananda Editor/Commentator: Publisher: O Books ISBN: 978-1-84694-032-3 Format: Paperback Pages: 144 List Price: £9.99 |
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Editorial Reviews Review A lucid and inspiring contribution to the great philosophical task of our age - the marriage of the perennial gnosis with modern science. Timothy Freke author of The Jesus Mysteries, Jesus and the Lost Goddess, The Laughing Jesus, Lucid Living Product Description There are two types of gnosis or knowing: one taught by mysticism, the other by science. In confining itself to the study of what can be tested or experienced, science fails to cover ultimate causes. Mysticism and Science is a lucid, poetic, impassioned statement by a mystic explaining the current movement in science toward a spiritual world view. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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Mysticism and the New Physics Author: Michael Talbot Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Penguin Arkana ISBN: 0140193286 Format: Paperback Pages: 208 List Price: £9.99 |
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Editorial Reviews Product Description This is an account of how quantum physics is putting forward ideas that confirm the perceived beliefs of mystics who think the world is an illusion. About the Author Michael Talbot (1953-1992) was a writer whose other books include Beyond the Quantum and The Holographic Universe. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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Perspectives on consciousness Author: Editor/Commentator: Amita Chatterjee Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publications ISBN: 8121510813 Format: Hardcover Pages: 190 List Price: £25.00 |
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Editorial Reviews Product Description Consciousness has remained an enigma even after close scientific scrutiny. The last two decades of the twentieth century, therefore, witnessed an explosion of interest in consciousness. Lack of consensus about the nature, definition and taxonomy of consciousness and lack of conviction about the adequacy of the reductive methodology have led scholars from different disciplines to study this multidimensional phenomenon from perspectives of their own. This volume is a collection of essays focusing on ontological, epistemological, semantic and methodological debates from philosophical and scientific perspectives. The issues dealt with here include the following: What is consciousness - a substance, a state or a process? Is consciousness subjective and private? Does 'consciousness' mean something unitary and indivisible or is it a cluster concept? What constitutes the core of consciousness - representation or experience? What is the hard problem of consciousness and how to solve it? Who will have the last word on consciousness - philosopher, physicist, psychologist or neurobiologist? Is it possible to have a unified theory of consciousness and how would one go about it? The unique feature of this volume is the inclusion of articles on classical Indian theories of consciousness analyzed from the contemporary point of view by very competent scholars. This collection is meant for both scholars and general readers. Rich information content of the volume will be particularly useful to students and researchers in Philosophy of mind and Consciousness Studies. About the Author Amita Chatterjee is Professor of Philosophy and Coordinator of Centre for Cognitive Science at Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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Powers of mind: The Revolution in Human Consciousness Author: Adam Smith Editor/Commentator: Publisher: W. H. Allen ISBN: 0491018177 Format: Hardcover Pages: 418 List Price: £2.00 |
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Quantum Questions: Mystical Writings of the World's Greatest Physicists Author: Editor/Commentator: Ed. Ken Wilber Publisher: Shambala, Boston ISBN: 1570627681 Format: Paperback Pages: 224 List Price: £12.00 |
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Editorial Reviews Product Description Here is collection of writings that bridges the gap between science and religion. Quantum Questions collects the mystical writings of each of the major physicists involved in the discovery of quantum physics and relativity, including Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, and Max Planck. The selections are written in nontechnical language and will be of interest to scientists and nonscientists alike. From the Inside Flap Brings together for the 1st time the mystical writings of the world's great physicists - all of whom express a deep belief that physics and mysticism are somehow fraternal twins. Written in non-technical language. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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Religion Demystified: Understanding Life's Mysteries in terms of Latest Scientific Findings Author: Dr Vemuri Ramesam Editor/Commentator: Publisher: I-SERVE, Hyderabad ISBN: 978-81-7525-971-3 Format: Paperback Pages: 130 List Price: £2.00 |
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Shadows of the Mind Author: Roger Penrose Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Vintage, London ISBN: 0099582112 Format: Paperback Pages: 480 List Price: £8.99 |
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Spirituality and Science of Consciousness Author: Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Ramakrishna Mission, Golpark ISBN: 978-81-87332-96-1 Format: Hardcover Pages: 166 List Price: £10.00 |
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Book Description Epistemology or the theory of knowledge has been the central Philosophical discipline since the time of Greek Philosophy on the one hand and ancient Indian Philosophy on the other. It raises questions about the nature, origin, scope, limits and justification, of knowledge and no less importantly, it deals with skeptical arguments concerning our claims to knowledge and justified belief. There are, however, other debates in epistemology especially in the areas of perception, memory, judgment, introspection, reasoning, the scientific method and the methodological differences, if any, between the natural and the social sciences. This topic has also a direct bearing upon the curriculum of teaching both at the under-graduate as well as post-graduate levels. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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The Blank Slate Author: Steven Pinker Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Penguin Books ISBN: 014027605X Format: Paperback Pages: 528 List Price: £4.00 |
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Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly In his last outing, How the Mind Works, the author of the well-received The Language Instinct made a case for evolutionary psychology or the view that human beings have a hard-wired nature that evolved over time. This book returns to that still-controversial territory in order to shore it up in the public sphere. Drawing on decades of research in the "sciences of human nature," Pinker, a chaired professor of psychology at MIT, attacks the notion that an infant's mind is a blank slate, arguing instead that human beings have an inherited universal structure shaped by the demands made upon the species for survival, albeit with plenty of room for cultural and individual variation. For those who have been following the sciences in question including cognitive science, neuroscience, behavioral genetics and evolutionary psychology much of the evidence will be familiar, yet Pinker's clear and witty presentation, complete with comic strips and allusions to writers from Woody Allen to Emily Dickinson, keeps the material fresh. What might amaze is the persistent, often vitriolic resistance to these findings Pinker presents and systematically takes apart, decrying the hold of the "blank slate" and other orthodoxies on intellectual life. He goes on to tour what science currently claims to know about human nature, including its cognitive, intuitive and emotional faculties, and shows what light this research can shed on such thorny topics as gender inequality, child-rearing and modern art. Pinker's synthesizing of many fields is impressive but uneven, especially when he ventures into moral philosophy and religion; examples like "Even Hitler thought he was carrying out the will of God" violate Pinker's own principle that one should not exploit Nazism "for rhetorical clout." For the most part, however, the book is persuasive and illuminating. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Library Journal Pinker moves from How the Mind Works to how human nature works, offering a theory that ably blends instinct and choice. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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The Circle of Fire: The Metaphysics of Yoga Author: P. J. Mazumdar Editor/Commentator: Publisher: North Atlantic Books ISBN: 978-1-55643-670-3 Format: Paperback Pages: 400 List Price: £19.00 |
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Editorial Reviews Review "This superb book tackles the difficult questions contained in the metaphysics of Yoga with great clarity, so that to-day's educated laymen, eager to understand these great truths, will find it comparatively easy to comprehend them. P.J. Mazumdar is a distinguished Indian surgeon, and is thus able to bring, through his knowledge of modern science, the necessary lucidity to find the satisfactory congruence with contemporary knowledge and the ancient hallowed teachings of Advaita Vedanta and Non-Dualism.... I am confident that this book will serve as an indispensible guide for all those earnest readers keen to follow and understand the essential wisdom of the major Upanashadic Truths, still applicable more than ever for the modern man and woman." --Alan Jacobs , President of the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK Product Description The Circle of Fire examines the eternal metaphysical questions "What is God?" and "What is the purpose of life?" The book discusses the answers to these questions given by Western science and different schools of Indian thought, specifically detailing the answers to be found in India's two most developed atheistic traditions, Hinduism and Buddhism. Representative of a generation of Indians who have grown up with the best in scientific education and spiritual values, author P.J. Mazumdar takes a hard look at religion, science, and how two seemingly divergent bodies of knowledge can be brought together. Like Deepak Chopra a generation earlier, Mazumdar is both a medical doctor and a member of a family steeped in Hindu tradition, and is therefore well-placed to elucidate ancient Indian philosophy to the modern analytical mind. Acknowledging the metaphysical insights to be found in both Western science and Eastern spirituality, Mazumdar pays special attention to the highest school of philosophy of Hinduism, Advaita, and its application to practical spirituality through the teachings and practice of Yoga. The book takes its structure from the Vedas, and is similarly divided into Jnanakanda (Knowledge) and Karmakanda (Actions); the first part examines the body of knowledge from European and Indian sources addressing the question of God and the second part looks at practical ways of applying this knowledge through different schools of Hindu and Buddhist philosophy. The book explores the purest form of nondual Hindu philosophy, Advaita, and points out how the theories underpinning Buddhism and Advaita, although they appear to contradict each other, are the only theories that remain consistent with the findings of modern science. The author makes the brave assertion that ultimately one or the other will be the theory realized by science as the ultimate metaphysical truth. Like other books on the meeting of science and spirituality (Fritzjof Capra's 80s classic The Tao of Physics) and the necessity of a scientifically compatible notion of God (Richard Dawkin's The God Delusion), The Circle of Fire is ambitious in scope and a challenging, rewarding read. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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The Cosmic Matrix in the Light of the Vedas Author: Rishi Kumar Mishra Editor/Commentator: Vyvyan Cayley Publisher: Rupa & Co. ISBN: 978-81-7167-536-4 Format: Hardcover Pages: 485 List Price: £32.00 |
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Editorial Reviews Product Description By a leading intellectual, a careful study of Vedic texts and their significance in understanding science, the nature of the Universe, energy, and other physical manifestations. contribution both to Indian religious literature and early Indian scientific understanding. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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The Dancing WU LI Masters - an overview of the new physics Author: Gary Zukav Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Rider ISBN: 0712648720 Format: Paperback Pages: 352 List Price: £7.50 |
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Book Description This is an account of the essential aspects of the new physics for those with little or no knowledge of mathematics or science. It describes current theories of quantum mechanics, Einstein's special and general theories of relativity and other speculations, alluding throughout to parallels with modern psychology and metaphorical abstractions to Buddhism and Taoism. The author has also written "The Seat of the Soul". Editorial Reviews From the Publisher 8 1.5-hour cassettes --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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The Dreaming Universe Author: Fred Alan Wolf Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Touchstone ISBN: 0684801590 Format: Paperback Pages: 416 List Price: £3.00 |
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Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly In his most boldy speculative inquiry to date, physicist Wolf ( Taking the Quantum Leap ) argues that dreams are a vital aspect of evolution, enabling an individual to develop a concept of self. The dream, in his formulation, is a map of possibility, a realm where synchronistic (i.e., noncausal yet meaningfully connected) events occur, producing self-awareness. Our dream images, even if we don't remember them, invade our waking consciousness as patterns that shape our lives, he insists. Wolf posits an "imaginal realm," halfway between material and mental reality, that manifests in lucid dreams (wherein an alert dreamer can control unfolding dream events), in near-death experiences, and possibly in UFO abductions. In this mind-stretching synthesis that challenges accepted beliefs across many fields, Wolf bolsters his thesis that dreams connect with physical reality by drawing on quantum physics, the works of Freud and Jung, modern dream research and Australian aboriginals' concept of an eternal "dreamtime." Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Kirkus Reviews New Age border-crossings that blur more than clarify where physics and the dreaming psyche meet. As in The Eagle Quest (1991), physicist Wolf extends Jung's idea of synchronicity to explain the connection between an individual's dream and the ``dreaming universe.'' He finds Freudian dream theory analogous to, and as limited as, Newtonian physics- -it's no surprise that Jung in turn is praised as being analogous to Niels Bohr, ``the father/mother of quantum physics.'' Reverting to ideas explored in Parallel Universes (1989), Wolf considers the ``essential mystery'' at the heart of quantum mechanics, using a variety of coyly autobiographical anecdotes to suggest that the dreaming brain, by entering the unconscious mind, is experiencing synchronicity. It's this kind of sloppy mixture of anecdotal and scientific material that keeps New Age thought on the fringe. It doesn't get any better when Wolf throws in superficial chapters on ancient views of dreams, the research of neurophysiologist Benjamin Libet, and Crick and Mitchison's theory that ``we dream in order to reduce faults by feeding in certain `unlearning' inputs that poisoned the unwanted modes.'' In each, the analogies are all simplistic and reductive. Wolf claims that dreams are ``an altered state of conscious awareness,'' equivalent to a ``quantum mechanics of dreaming.'' But his thinking is confused; sometimes he uses quantum physics as a model or a metaphor to understand dreams, but ultimately he wants to posit a world in which there is no outer world of space and time separated from the inner world of mental activity, but only a third ``imaginal realm...of the big dreamer.'' Subjectively anecdotal, dilettantish wish-fulfillment. -- Copyright ®1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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The enigma of consciousness Author: Alok Bhattacharyya Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Firma KLM Pvt. Ltd. ISBN: 8171021298 Format: Hardcover Pages: 367 List Price: £20.00 |
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The Farther Reaches of Human Nature Author: Abraham Maslow Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Penguin Books ISBN: 0140216456 Format: Paperback Pages: 464 List Price: £3.00 |
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The Hundredth Monkey and Other Paradigms of the Paranormal Author: Editor/Commentator: Kendrick Frazier Publisher: Prometheus Books ISBN: 0879756551 Format: Paperback Pages: 414 List Price: £13.00 |
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Editorial Reviews From Library Journal The 44 essays in this collection originally appeared in the Skeptical Inquirer , published by the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP). Among the contributors are Carl Sagan, Isaac Asimov, Paul Kurtz, Martin Gardner, and Philip J. Klass. Their main purpose is not to debunk paranormal claims per se , but to examine them using a healthy dose of skepticism. However, even inveterate humanist Kurtz warns against skepticism becoming a new orthodoxy and exhorts diehard skeptics to give unorthodox claims a fair hearing. Sagan echoes Kurtz's view, calling for an "exquisite balance" between open-mindedness and skepticism. The book is divided into ten sections covering such topics as alien abduction and hypnosis, past life and hypnotic regression, miracles, firewalking, spontaneous human combustion, graphology, chiropractic, astrology, cold fusion, and crashed saucer claims. Essays on the human need to believe, ways to encourage critical thinking, and how to evaluate anomalous experiences are especially helpful in arguing the case for a skeptical approach to life. This challenging yet accessible compilation of readings on critical thinking offers a much-needed balance to books on "fringe" beliefs of all types. Highly recommended for most libraries, high school level on up. - Gary D. Barber, SUNY at Fredonia Lib. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. Product Description "The Hundredth Monkey" takes its title from philosopher Ron Amundson's expose of the "Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon", a claim about collective consciousness. Forty-three essays by thirty-nine authors, including Isaac Asmov, Martin Gardner, Carl Sagan, Ray Hyman, Paul Kurtz, and James Randi, examine aspects of paranormal and fringe-science beliefs from an authoritative, scientific point of view. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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The Inner Game of Music Author: Barry Green & W. Timothy Gallwey Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Pan ISBN: 0330300172 Format: Paperback Pages: 256 List Price: £2.50 Review Link |
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Editorial Reviews Product Description The battle that many musicians, of whatever level, have to face is an inner one - against nervousness, self-doubt and fear of failure. In this highly successful book, first published by Pan in 1987, musician Barry Green explains the basic principles of 'natural learning' that make up the Inner Game methodology, and shows how to apply them to reach a new level in the learning and performing of music. With special features on ensemble playing, improvisation and listening skills, and with exercises that help intonation, artistic phrasing and technique, "The Inner Game of Music" is invaluable to performers, students, teachers and anyone with an interest in music. From the Publisher By the best-selling co-author of Inner Tennis, here's a book designed to help musicians overcome obstacles, help improve concentration, and reduce nervousness, allowing them to reach new levels of performing excellence and musical artistry. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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The Island of the Colour-blind Author: Oliver Sacks Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Picador ISBN: 033035082X Format: Paperback Pages: 336 List Price: £0.50 |
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Editorial Reviews Product Description Oliver Sacks travels once again in search of human diversity, to the South Pacific atoll of Pingelap, where he finds that a high proportion of the population is colourblind and investigates the causes and effects of that condition. This book explores the islands, the people and their case studies. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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The Language Instinct Author: Steven Pinker Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Penguin Books ISBN: 0140175296 Format: Paperback Pages: 496 List Price: £3.00 |
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Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly A three-year-old toddler is "a grammatical genius"--master of most constructions, obeying adult rules of language. To Pinker, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology psycholinguist, the explanation for this miracle is that language is an instinct, an evolutionary adaptation that is partly "hard-wired" into the brain and partly learned. In this exciting synthesis--an entertaining, totally accessible study that will regale language lovers and challenge professionals in many disciplines--Pinker builds a bridge between "innatists" like MIT linguist Noam Chomsky, who hold that infants are biologically programmed for language, and "social interactionists" who contend that they acquire it largely from the environment. If Pinker is right, the origins of language go much further back than 30,000 years ago (the date most commonly given in textbooks)--perhaps to Homo habilis , who lived 2.5 million years ago, or even eons earlier. Peppered with mind-stretching language exercises, the narrative first unravels how babies learn to talk and how people make sense of speech. Professor and co-director of MIT's Center for Cognitive Science, Pinker demolishes linguistic determinism, which holds that differences among languages cause marked differences in the thoughts of their speakers. He then follows neurolinguists in their quest for language centers in the brain and for genes that might help build brain circuits controlling grammar and speech. Pinker also argues that claims for chimpanzees' acquisition of language (via symbols or American Sign Language) are vastly exaggerated and rest on skimpy data. Finally, he takes delightful swipes at "language mavens" like William Safire and Richard Lederer, accusing them of rigidity and of grossly underestimating the average person's language skills. Pinker's book is a beautiful hymn to the infinite creative potential of language. Newbridge Book Clubs main selection; BOMC and QPB alternates. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal Following fast on the heels of Joel Davis's Mother Tongue ( LJ 12/93) is another provocative and skillfully written book by an MIT professor who specializes in the language development of children. While Pinker covers some of the same ground as did Davis, he argues that an "innate grammatical machinery of the brain" exists, which allows children to "reinvent" language on their own. Basing his ideas on Noam Chomsky's Universal Grammar theory, Pinker describes language as a "discrete combinatorial system" that might easily have evolved via natural selection. Pinker steps on a few toes (language mavens beware!), but his work, while controversial, is well argued, challenging, often humorous, and always fascinating. Most public and academic libraries will want to add this title to their collections. - Laurie Bartolini, Lincoln Lib., Springfield, Ill. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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The Lucid Dreamer Author: Malcolm Goswin Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Element Books ISBN: 1852306106 Format: Hardcover Pages: 256 List Price: £10.00 |
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The Marriage of Sense and Soul: Integrating Science and Religion Author: Ken Wilber Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Newleaf, Gill & Macmillan, Dublin ISBN: 0717126765 Format: Paperback Pages: 240 List Price: £10.99 |
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The oneness/otherness mystery: the synthesis of science and mysticism Author: Sutapas Bhattacharya Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass ISBN: 8120816544 Format: Hardcover Pages: 697 List Price: £15.00 |
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Editorial Reviews Product Description This is a work about or very existence, about the relationship between the individual personality and the cosmos in which that personality exists, showing how the person is a microcosm, a little part of the cosmos, subtly reflecting his 'world' however autonomous or independent he may believe he is. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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The Psycology of Consciousness Author: Robert E. Ornstein Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Jonathan Cape ISBN: 0224010506 Format: Hardcover Pages: 256 List Price: £4.00 |
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Editorial Reviews Product Description This is an exploration of the creative and rational aspects of human behaviour. In this revised edition, Robert Ornstein re-examines what is known about consciousness and answers this question through a consideration of intuition and reason. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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The Quantum and the Lotus: A Journey to the Frontiers where Science and Buddhism Meet Author: Matthieu Ricard & Trinh Xuan Thuan Editor/Commentator: Trans. Ian Monk Publisher: Three Rivers Press, New York ISBN: 1400080797 Format: Paperback Pages: 320 List Price: £8.00 |
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Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Review How did the universe come into being? What is the meaning of human life against the blackness of infinity? Religion and science have many answers to these and like questions, answers that sometimes meet but more often diverge. In this book-length conversation, French Buddhist monk Ricard and Vietnamese-born astrophysicist Trinh explore how Buddhism and modern science address life's big questions. Among the matters they touch on, sometimes fleetingly and sometimes in depth, are the illusory nature of phenomena, the guiding intelligence of nature, and the search for the mechanisms that drive planets and humans alike. Both authors, each conversant in the other's medium, argue against reductionist views of nature. And both provide plenty of data that support Albert Einstein's declaration that "if there is any religion that could correspond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism." Hard-nosed skeptics will perhaps find Ricard and Trinh's reconciliation arguable. Still, the record of their conversation makes fascinating reading and provides a useful overview of scientific reasoning and spiritual inquiry. --Gregory McNamee --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Publishers Weekly This transcribed and expanded dialogue between Buddhist monk Ricard and astrophysicist Thuan claims few original insights but provides a good general introduction to science-and-religion issues representing two notably different Buddhist perspectives. At its best, the book is animated by contrasts. Thuan, a Vietnamese-American trained at CalTech, identifies with Buddhist ethics and spirituality, but his worldview often reflects Western science and philosophy. Ricard, a French biologist who emigrated in the 1970s to become a disciple of Khyents‚ Rinpoche, speaks from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Although Thuan and Ricard find common ground on many ethical matters and agree in a general way about the "interconnectedness of phenomena," they also run into genuine disagreements about cosmic origins, the nature of consciousness and the orderliness of the universe all areas where traditional Buddhist beliefs are in tension with scientific theories or their implications as commonly understood in the West. To the authors' credit, they avoid superficial reconciliation of these differences, although Ricard, who renounces "dogmatism" but consistently defends orthodoxy, sometimes claims to "refute" opposing viewpoints a little too neatly. The conversational format also limits the precision and depth of the authors' positions and at times becomes unnecessarily repetitive. Philosophical dialogue is an ancient but exquisitely difficult art, and even the most engaging verbal exchange may occasionally appear banal or rambling in print, especially when the same points of debate arise time and again. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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The Self-Aware Universe: How Consciousness Creates the Material World Author: Amit Goswami with Richard E Reed and Maggie Goswami Editor/Commentator: For. Fred Alan Wolf Publisher: Tarcher ISBN: 0874777984 Format: Paperback Pages: 336 List Price: £12.00 |
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Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Consciousness, not matter, is the ground of all existence, declares University of Oregon physicist Goswami, echoing the mystic sages of his native India. He holds that the universe is self-aware, and that consciousness creates the physical world. Calling this theory "monistic idealism," he claims it is not only "the basis of all religions worldwide" but also the correct philosophy for modern science. Once people give up the assumption that there is an objective reality independent of consciousness, the paradoxes of quantum physics are explainable, contends Goswami, writing with his wife and Reed ( Building the Future from Our Past ). He also applies his hypothesis to the so-called mind-body schism, which he attempts to heal. Sketching a model of the self, this demanding but rewarding treatise uses analogies from the "new physics" to throw light on choice, free will, creativity, the unconscious and paths to spiritual growth. Illustrated. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Kirkus Reviews Goswami (Physics/University of Oregon; coauthor, The Cosmic Dancers, 1983) uses quantum physics to promote monistic idealism- -the theory that both matter and mind have their origin in consciousness. The villain here is materialism--the teaching that everything is comprised of atoms--and its tag-along doctrines of locality (that interactions between objects occur in local space-time), strong objectivity (that objects exist independently of consciousness), and epiphenomenalism (that mind is an accidental by-product of brain function). According to Goswami, quantum physics has laid to rest this view of reality: Quantum objects jump from here to there without passing through intervening space, disproving locality; Heisenberg's uncertainty principle disproves strong objectivity, etc. Goswami's explication of modern physics- -which draws on everything from Winnie-the-Pooh to optical illusions--is a model of clarity. Vastly less satisfying is his brief for monistic idealism. For one thing, he writes off an important alternative, dualism--the ``common-sense'' view that mind and matter both exist, that a rock is a rock and a thought is a thought--in a few skimpy paragraphs. For another, his argument is inconsistent: He cites paranormal events as evidence for idealism, but when an exception arises (such as out-of-body experiences, which suggest dualism), he becomes a debunker. Worst of all, when he tries to describe how idealism actually shapes the world, he sounds like Madame Blavatsky with a hangover (``the universe exists as formless potentia in myriad possible branches in the transcendent domain''). Goswami's aim is inviting--who does not wish us to ``realize our full potential--an integrated access to our quantum and classical selves''?--but most readers will remain agnostic. More substantial than Fritjof Capra, which isn't saying much. This is one cosmic egg that may be too big to crack. -- Copyright ®1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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The Tao of Physics Author: Fritjof Capra Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Flamingo ISBN: 0006540236 Format: Paperback Pages: 384 List Price: £0.50 |
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The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism Author: Fritjof Capra Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Flamingo, HarperCollins, London ISBN: 0006544894 Format: Paperback Pages: 416 List Price: £6.99 |
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Editorial Reviews Review "Science does not need mysticism and mysticism does not need science; but man needs both." --Fritjof Capra, Ph.D. -- Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Product Description "Science does not need mysticism and mysticism does not need science; but man needs both." --Fritjof Capra, Ph.D. The universe: an eternal cosmic dance of subatomic particles of relationships at once paradoxical, yet somehow unified. Mystics explore our universe through meditation. Nuclear physicists explore it through experimentation and hypothesis. Their paths to the truth could not be more different-but the amazing thing is that in their own ways, the mystics and the scientists are discovering the same truths about our world. In non-technical language, with no complex mathematics or formulae, this thought-provoking program explores the main concepts and theories of modern physics, the revelations coming from particle accelerators and laboratories-and compares them with the ancient tenets of Hinduism, Buddhism and Taoism. In the process, we gain a clear and fascinating picture of how such seemingly disparate areas of thought are ultimately quests for the same kind of understanding. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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Understanding Organizations Author: Charles B. Handy Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Penguin Books ISBN: 0140809600 Format: Paperback Pages: 448 List Price: £1.50 |
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Editorial Reviews Product Description In a new introduction to his classic text, Charles Handy demonstrates how the key concepts of culture, motivation, leadership, power, role-playing, and group-working remain as important today as when the book was first published. "Organizations are not objects. They are micro-societies." This core business text gives students and professionals the tools to analyze and improve these "micro-societies." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. About the Author Charles Handy is now a writer and broadcaster, following careers as an economist, Professor at the London Business School and a consultant to a wide variety of organizations. He is widely regarded as the top 'businessguru' in the UK. UNDERSTANDING ORGANIZATIONS was originally published in 1976. He lives in Norfolk and London (Putney). --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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What is Life? With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches Author: Erwin Schrodinger Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 0521427088 Format: Paperback Pages: 194 List Price: £8.00 |
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Editorial Reviews Review "One of the great science classics of the 20th century.... This is the book that provided the inspiration that gave birth to molecular biology and the discovery of DNA." Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology "...delightful...Schrödinger writes in a naturally relaxed and pleasant tone that leads us through the difficulties of his subject...It is well worth the trouble. For the serious student of origin-of-life theories, it is the obvious place to start." The Boston Book Review Product Description Nobel laureate Erwin Schrödinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century. A distinguished physicist's exploration of the question which lies at the heart of biology, it was written for the layman, but proved one of the spurs to the birth of molecular biology and the subsequent discovery of the structure of DNA. The philosopher Karl Popper hailed it as a 'beautiful and important book' by 'a great man to whom I owe a personal debt for many exciting discussions'. It appears here together with Mind and Matter, his essay investigating a relationship which has eluded and puzzled philosophers since the earliest times. Schrodinger asks what place consciousness occupies in the evolution of life, and what part the state of development of the human mind plays in moral questions. Brought together with these two classics are Schrödinger's autobiographical sketches, published and translated here for the first time. They offer a fascinating fragmentary account of his life as a background to his scientific writings, making this volume a valuable additon to the shelves of scientist and layman alike. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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Physics of the Soul: The Quantum Book of Living, Dying, Reincarnation and Immortality Author: Amit Goswami Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Hampton Roads ISBN: Format: Pages: 0 List Price: £14.00 |
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On dreams and dreaming Author: Sudhir Kakar Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Penguin Books ISBN: 978-0-670-08466-1 Format: Hardcover Pages: 244 List Price: £18.00 |
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War of the Worldviews: Science Vs. Spirituality Author: Deepak Chopra Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Harmony ISBN: 978-0-307-88688-0 Format: Hardcover Pages: 336 List Price: $14.96 Review Link |
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Editorial Reviews Review "We need a worldview grounded in science that does not deny the richness of human nature and the validity of modes of knowing other than the scientific. If we can bring our spirituality, the richness and wholesomeness of our basic human values, to bear upon the course of science in human society, then the different approaches of science and spirituality will contribute together to the betterment of humanity. This book points the way to such a collaborative endeavor."--His Holiness the Dalai Lama "Deepak Chopra did an excellent job explaining why the all-embracing holistic quantum field suggests a dynamic, alive cosmos. This is an interesting and provocative book which will be read and talked about for a long time to come." --Hans Peter Duerr, Director Emeritus, Max-Planck-Institute for Physics and Astrophysics "Bravo! This delightful book is bound to be the Gold Standard by which all other books on science/spirituality will be measured. Bold, refreshing, lucid, and insightful, this thoughtful collection of essays seeks to unveil the mysterious of our very existence. Is there a purpose to the universe? What is our true role in the cosmos? This book dares to ask some of the deepest, most profound questions about our very existence, and comes up with some surprising, even shocking answers."--Michio Kaku Prof. of Theoretical Physics, City Univ. of NY. Author of the New York Times best sellers Physics of the Future, and Physics of the Impossible. "Science is rapidly gaining the capability to explore the nature of consciousness, and the origins of all things--a domain sacred to Eastern spirituality. The inevitable result, as science encroaches on spirituality's turf, is this compelling clash between scientist Leonard Mlodinow and spiritual advocate and physician Deepak Chopra." --Kip S. Thorne, The Feynman Professor of Physics, Emeritus, Caltech, and author of Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy "Two compelling figures of our time mindfully joust on the battlefield of brain, cosmos, and evolution. This is a win-win for the authors and for every reader." --Rudolph Tanzi, Ph.D., The Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy, Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School "Whether you root for science or spirituality, you will find in these incisive, insightful essays more than enough ammunition to get you through your next debate over the two opposing ways of seeing the world. And you just may find that 'the other side' scores some points, too. A fascinating, thought-provoking tour through some of the deepest questions of existence."--Sharon Begley, author of Change Your Mind, Train Your Brain and science writer, Newsweek "This book, by two outstanding intellectuals, is a timely revival of the debate between science and spirituality. In alternate chapters each author defends his position without disrespecting the other and the result is a remarkable contribution to the history of ideas; eminently readable, no matter which side of the fence you are on." --V.S. Ramachandran, Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition, University of California, San Diego and author of The Tell Tale Brain "A lively, engaging and far ranging debate between a sharp-witted physicist and a proponent of Eastern spirituality whose poetic metaphors about science appeal to the heart."--Christof Koch, Chief Scientific Officer, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, Lois and Victor Troendle Professor of Cognitive and Behavioral Biology, California Institute of Technology, and author of Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist "In War of the Worldviews, Deepak Chopra and Leonard Mlodinow have given us one of the most compelling, important, and significant books written on the relation of science and spirituality in today's world."--Ken Wilber, author of The Integral Vision "Quantum mechanics demonstrates the reality of particle entanglement. The reality of today's world is that all of our lives are entangled. The dialogue between these two extraordinary writers serves as a source of awe and inspiration to all of us."--James R. Doty, M.D., Professor of Neurosurgery, Founder & Director, Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE), Stanford Institute of Neuro-innovation and Translational Neuroscience, Stanford University School of Medicine "A refreshing and more useful approach to the old combat between science and religion. The two authors want the best for humanity, and their zeal is revealed even when they fiercely disagree. The value of this book will only become greater and more appreciated with time."--Menas Kafatos, Ph.D., Fletcher Jones Endowed Professor in Computational Physics, Dean, Schmid College of Science, Vice Chancellor for Special Projects, Chapman University "There is nothing more important than the worldview you hold. It determines nearly everything you think, do, and say. Like the fish who notices not the water in which he swims, we live in our worldviews without even noticing them. Yet most conflicts in life can be traced to worldview differences, and none more so than the worldviews of science and religion. War of the Worldviews is the best single volume I've ever read on this vital subject. Deepak Chopra and Leonard Mlodinow well capture the essence of the debate and do so in such an engaging style that you can't stop reading. I know both authors well, and even though I side with one worldview over the other, I found myself compelled to read Deepak deeper to understand his worldview. Those on Deepak's side will feel the same compulsion to read Leonard's contributions. Either way, this book is a game changer in the science-and-religion wars."--Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine, monthly columnist Scientific American, adjunct professor Claremont Graduate University and Chapman University, and author of Why Darwin Matters and The Believing Brain "Astrophysicist Sir James Jeans wrote: 'The Universe begins to look more like a great thought than like a great machine.' This is the essence of Chopra's view: that a great consciousness--which we share--is the basis of the Universe and all reality. From Mlodinow's perspective it is unimaginable that consciousness could be anything more than brain chemistry at work and certainly not something capable of creating a universe. The book presents a lively and articulate debate on this and that most important human question: are we simply complex biological machines destined for oblivion at death... or are we immortal spiritual beings temporarily experiencing reality through physical bodies."--Bernard Haisch, astrophysicist "Deepak Chopra and Leonard Mlodinow argue convincingly for their particular worldviews. However reading this book convinces me they should call a truce: Science and spirituality are two sides of a quantum coin."--Stuart Hameroff MD, Professor, Anesthesiology and Psychology, Director, Center for Consciousness Studies, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona "Finally! The beginning of a dialog in the true spirit of open-ended science that should be inclusive of all phenomena including spirituality. Congratulations to Chopra and Mlodinow for the breakthrough. May their book become a trendsetter!"--Amit Goswami, quantum physicist and author of The Self-Aware Universe and How Quantum Activism Can Save Civilization "We physicists are concerned with observations of the physical universe, and the mathematical theories that explain them. Others seek enlightenment through a focus on subjective experience. In this book these approaches meet, often throwing off sparks, occasionally agreeing, and always remaining both illuminating and entertaining."--Jay Marx, Executive Director, Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) Laboratory, Caltech "Is consciousness an aspect of nature that had no precursor prior to the appearance of life, or is it a feature of nature that was in some form always present? This question is debated in this lively, informative, and entertaining book co-authored by skilled writers Deepak Chopra and Leonard Mlodinow. On the basis of their extensive coverage of much of what we know about the cosmos--from its origin, to the origin and definition of life, to the issue of what makes us human--Chopra argues for the pervasiveness of consciousness, while Mlodinow argues for emergence of everything from the purely physical, in the absence of adequate scientific evidence to the contrary. This book is a good read even if, and particularly if, you already have a fixed opinion on the matter."--Dr. Henry P. Stapp, Physicist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, and author of Mind, Matter, and Quantum Mechanics and Mindful Universe: Quantum Mechanics and the Participating Observer "Deepak Chopra and Leonard Mlodinow have opened the discussion on the fundamental physics of the spirit."--Juliana (Brooks) Mortenson, MD, Founder, General Resonance "Ours is a time of unprecedented change and complexity. Never before have so many worldviews, belief systems and ways of engaging reality converged. Such a moment of contact has many consequences. On one hand, there are abundant instances of conflict and intolerance, as people fail to see other points of view. ... Product Description Two bestselling authors first met in a televised Caltech debate on "the future of God," one an articulate advocate for spirituality, the other a prominent physicist. This remarkable book is the product of that serendipitous encounter and the contentious--but respectful--clash of worldviews that grew along with their friendship. In War of the Worldviews these two great thinkers battle over the cosmos, evolution and life, the human brain, and God, probing the fundamental questions that define the human experience. How did the universe emerge? What is the nature of time? What is life? Did Darwin go wrong? What makes us human? What is the connection between mind and brain? Is God an illusion? This extraordinary book will fascinate millions of readers of science and spirituality alike, as well as anyone who has ever asked themselves, What does it mean that I am alive? Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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Spirituality and Science in India Author: Swami Tattvavidananda Saraswati Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Brahma Vidya Kuteer ISBN: Format: Paperback Pages: 0 List Price: £0.00 |
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Physics as Metaphor Author: Roger S. Jones Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Sphere ISBN: 978-0-349-11858-1 Format: Paperback Pages: 273 List Price: $0.00 |
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Supernature : A Natural History of the Supernatural Author: Lyall Watson Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Coronet Books ISBN: 978-0-340-18833-0 Format: Paperback Pages: 351 List Price: £0.00 |
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People Shapers Author: Vance Packard Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Futura Publications ISBN: 978-0-7088-1388-1 Format: Paperback Pages: 408 List Price: £0.00 |
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The Biological Time Bomb. Author: Gordon Rattray Taylor Editor/Commentator: Publisher: London: Panther 1972. ISBN: Format: Paperback Pages: 0 List Price: $0.00 |
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Relativity for the Layman Author: James A. Coleman Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd ISBN: 978-0-14-020442-1 Format: Paperback Pages: 144 List Price: $0.00 |
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The Origin of Humankind Author: Richard E. Leakey Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN: 978-0-297-81503-7 Format: Hardcover Pages: 128 List Price: £0.00 |
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Product Description This book provides an account of how the early ape-men of the African Savanna developed into fully human beings. Leakey has always been interested in far more than the mere physical features presented by the fossils, and here he is particularly concerned with non-tangible human attributes. Thus there are chapters on economic co-operation, art, language, and consciousness itself. This is a more technical book than the earlier "Origins" and "Origins Reconsidered", giving the intelligent reader access to the complexities of the subject, but nevertheless very clearly presented. About the Author Richard Leakey, the son of leading paleoanthropologists Louis and Mary Leakey, was Director of the National Museums of Kenya for twenty years and more recently has served his country in a more political role as Director of the Wildlife Service. He made the important discovery of the 'Turkana Boy', a virtually complete skeleton, and his popular books include Origins, The People of the Lake and The Making of Mankind. Sean Barrett narrated the BBC Modern History series, People's Century and appeared in television productions of Twelfth Night and Father Ted. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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The Last Three Minutes: Conjectures about the Ultimate Fate of the Universe Author: Paul Davies Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London ISBN: 978-0-297-81502-0 Format: Hardcover Pages: 162 List Price: £2.34 |
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Product Description the possibility of global climatic change as a result of increasing numbers of people requiring higher standards of living has spawned an international, controls on deforestation and energy use. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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The Origin Of The Universe Author: John D. Barrow Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN: 978-0-297-81497-9 Format: Paperback Pages: 288 List Price: £2.44 |
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Product Description An ambitious second novel from a controversial female writer,again dealing with a difficult theme-plastic surgery,its causes and effects. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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The Dog-Exercising Machine: A Study of Children as Inventors Author: Edward de Bono Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 978-0-14-080616-8 Format: Paperback Pages: 125 List Price: $0.00 |
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME: FROM THE BIG BANG TO BLACK HOLES. Author: Stephen W Hawking Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Bantam ISBN: 978-0-593-01518-6 Format: Hardcover Pages: 192 List Price: £2.65 |
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Synopsis Was there a beginning of time?, Could time run backwards? and Is the universe infinite are just some of the questions considered in this book for the non-scientific layman. The author begins by reviewing the great theories of the cosmos from Newton to Einstein and then delves into the secrets which lie at the heart of space and time. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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Law of Love and The Mathematics of Spirituality Author: Raju Chidamabaram Editor/Commentator: Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 978-1-4567-9500-9 Format: Hardcover Pages: 308 List Price: £19.95 Extract Link Review Link |
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Science of the Sages: Scientists Encountering Nonduality from Quantum Physics to Cosmology to Consciousness. Author: Robert Wolfe Editor/Commentator: Publisher: Karina Library Press ISBN: 978-1-937902-04-9 Format: Paperback Pages: 176 List Price: $16.20 Extract Link |
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Book Description Intriguing facts of the vastness and miraculous complexity of our universe, coupled with reports from scientists that inseparability is the fundamental nature of our existence. Science of the Sages, by the author of One Essence and Living Nonduality is a tour through the contemporary scientific view of the universe, from cosmology to subatomic particles, with an eye on its harmony with the conscious insight that has been the message of sages throughout human history. As Robert writes: Whether one looks out at the mysteries of a vast cosmos or narrows the view to the counterintuitive behavior of a subatomic particle, I would not be alone in maintaining that nonduality is the basic principle that explains the Whole--the "spirit" of what is "manifest in the laws of the Universe," to borrow a phrase from Einstein. While our comprehension has only been recent, what we're comprehending is an inseparable reality that is far more ancient than even man's earliest intuition of Oneness--and may be the producer of that very intuition. Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK |
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