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A physicist's view of matter and mind / Chandre Dharma-wardana, National Research Council of Canada, University of Montreal, Canada.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dharma-wardana, Chandre.
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dharma-wardana, Chandre--Philosophy.
- Dharma-wardana, Chandre.
- Physics--Philosophy.
- Physics.
- Physics--Popular works.
- Consciousness.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 501 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits
- Place of Publication:
- [Hackensack] N.J. : World Scientific, c2013.
- New Jersey : World Scientific, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a highly interdisciplinary book straddling physics and complex systems such as living organisms. The presentation is from the perspective of physics, in a manner accessible to those interested in scientific knowledge integrated within its socio-cultural and philosophical backgrounds. Two key areas of human understanding, namely physics and conscious complex systems, are presented in simple language. An optional technical presentation is also given in parallel where it is needed.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The nature of physical law
- pt. 2. Complex systems and consciousness.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781299462502
- 1299462502
- 9789814425421
- 9814425427
- OCLC:
- 839388515
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