Nature Loves to Hide - Quantum Physics and the Nature of Reality, a Western Perspective (Hardcover)


This book explains the implications of quantum physics about the nature of reality, by tracing strands of idealist thought from Plato to Plotinus through Whitehead to modern particle physics. Malin demonstrates that the early quantum physicists were very familiar with Greek and Hellenistic philsophy, and that several in fact read classical Greek. He shows the strands of continuity from authentically Western mystical traditions, focusing on Plotinus' Enneiads, and lays out the philosophical implications of quantum mechanics in its modern philosophical context.

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This book explains the implications of quantum physics about the nature of reality, by tracing strands of idealist thought from Plato to Plotinus through Whitehead to modern particle physics. Malin demonstrates that the early quantum physicists were very familiar with Greek and Hellenistic philsophy, and that several in fact read classical Greek. He shows the strands of continuity from authentically Western mystical traditions, focusing on Plotinus' Enneiads, and lays out the philosophical implications of quantum mechanics in its modern philosophical context.

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Imprint

Oxford UniversityPress

Country of origin

United States

Release date

August 2001

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Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

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Dimensions

230 x 150 x 26mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

304

ISBN-13

978-0-19-513894-8

Barcode

9780195138948

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LSN

0-19-513894-5



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