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high-energy, 59–60

high-energy virtual, 248
n

low-energy, 59–60

as organic, 70

virtual, 247–55, 261–62

Physical concepts, defined, 9

Physics, 3–4, 96, 131–32

bubble chamber, 218
n

Buddhism, and, 311

the church and, 23–24

classical, xxv, 53–54, 150–51, 289–90

quantum mechanics and, 94–96, 124–26

consciousness and, xxviii, xxx, 88, 92–93, 96

counter, 218
n

defined, 201

emulsion, 218
n

enlightenment and, 283–84

experimental, 285
n

mathematics and, 4, 17

metaphysics and, 91

organic energy and, 49

pre-relativity, 144
n

psychology and, 33–34, 180

quantum mechanics and, 19, 221

theoretical, 272, 285
n

See also
Newtonian physics: Particle physics

Physics/Consciousness Research Group, 4

Pi mesons, 218, 235, 240

Pions, 158, 254–59, 263–64, 270, 273, 275–77, 330

virtual, 255–57, 259

Planck, Max, xix, 52–59, 63, 72, 104, 106–107, 118, 124, 142, 214, 230, 347

Einstein and, 59, 72

quantum of action, 233, 344

Planck’s constant, 56, 58
n
, 63, 233

Bohr and, 233

color and, 56

Einstein and, 233

quantum mechanics and, 63

subatomic particles and, 233

Planck’s equation, 107
n

Plato, 159, 160

Podolsky, Boris, xx, 316–21

Polarizers, 293–98, 302–306, 323–25

diagonal, 296–98, 302, 304–305

horizontal, 294–98, 302–303, 305

vertical, 294–98, 302–303, 305

Positive acceleration, 186–87

Positrons, 234–35, 243
n
, 243–44, 251, 271

Potentia
, 72, 287

Pragmatism, 41, 79
n

quantum mechanics and, 41, 79
n
, 88–89, 90, 109–10, 251–52

Prajnaparamita Surras
, 267–68

Pre-relativity physics, 144
n

Pressure

gas volume and, 36–37

sea level, 36

Price, Dick, 4

Probability, quantum mechanics and, 29, 74–75, 81–82, 86, 88, 91, 110, 117–18

Probability waves, 72, 117

Problem of measurement, 87, 91, 93, 338

Progress, science, and, 101–102

Proof, scientific, 302

Proper length, 155–56

Proper time, 155–57, 162

Proportionality, constant of, 63

Protons, 12–13, 21, 218, 225, 226, 234, 236, 240, 252–59, 263–64, 270, 273–76

anti-, 263, 264

Psychic phenomena, 331

Psychology, 288

physics and, 33, 180

Ptolemaic astronomy, 217
n

Pythagoras the Greek, 169

Pythagorean theorem, 169–72

Quadruplets, 306

Quanta, energy and, 106

Quantification, 31–32

Quantized oscillators, 55

Quantum, defined, 20

Quantum electrodynamics, 251

Quantum field theory, 145
n
, 221–24, 239, 242–43, 244, 248, 251, 252

particle physics and, 220

quantum mechanics and, 222

Quantum jump, 83, 116
n

Quantum logic, 285, 291–93, 298, 301, 302, 306–307, 310

Quantum mechanics, xxv–xxvi, 18, 79–80, 214, 251–52
n
, 313, 317, 330

basic paradox, 225

Bohr on, 28, 125–26, 289, 337
n

classical physics and, 94–96, 125–26

coherent superposition and, 299–300

common sense contradictions and, 29

Compton and, 103–105

the Copenhagen Interpretation of, 40–44, 76, 88, 92, 93, 94–95, 317, 336, 347

defined, 20

Eastern literature and, 101

Einstein and, 19, 75, 76, 337
n

major contribution of, 223–24

Many Worlds Interpretation of, 92–96, 333–34, 336

Newtonian physics and, 20–22, 28–31, 34, 37, 44–45, 110, 177, 337–38, 344

objectivity and, 32–33

the observed system, 76–78, 84

the observing system, 76–77, 84

philosophical implication of, 52

physics and, 19, 221

Planck’s constant and, 63

the polarization of light and, 298

pragmatism and, 41, 79
n
, 88–89, 90, 109–10, 251–52

preparation and measurement in, 75–85

probability and, 29, 74–75, 81–82, 86–88, 91, 110, 117–18

the problem of measurement in, 87, 91, 93

quantum field theory and, 222

reality and, 33

relativity and, 222

Schrödinger wave equation and, 117

Schrödinger’s cat and, 94–96

the split-brain analysis, 42–44

statistics and, 37–40

as the study of correlations between experiences, 110

subatomic particles and, 34–40, 51, 96–97, 117, 220–22, 322

von Neumann and, 286–88

the wave function, 88–94, 95–96, 119

wave-particle duality and, 70–73, 106–107, 133–34

Quantum numbers, 114, 217
n
, 234

Quantum paradox, basic, 103
n

Quantum phenomena, 313–14

Quantum theory, xxv, xxviii, xxx, 20, 217, 264, 288, 289–90, 299, 310–11, 317–18, 347

Bell’s theorem and, 322–23, 325–26, 329, 331, 334–35

Einstein and, 320–21

Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen effect and, 316–26

Planck’s quantum of action and, 233, 344

polarization of light and, 324

Quantum topology, 311, 348

Quarks, 230
n
, 272, 285

Quasars, 208

Rabi, Isidor I., 10, 345

Radiation

black-body, 54–55, 106, 233, 344

cosmic, 158

electromagnetic, 53–54, 62, 105, 153, 207

energy, 53

Radii, 193–96

Radio waves, 62, 318–19

Radium, 38

Rate of spin, 231–32

Rauscher, Dr. Elizabeth, 335

Reactions, chain, 175

Reactors, atomic, 175

Reality, xxviii, 94, 96, 97, 343, 344

quantum mechanics and, 33

Red light, 56–57, 59, 62

Redshift, gravitational, 204–205

Reference, frames of.
See
Coordinate systems

Refraction, index of, 142
n
, 152
n

Relative length, 155–56

Relative time, 155–59

Relativistic mass, 226

Relativity, xxiii, 18

Eastern literature and, 101

Galilean principle, 138–39, 152, 153

general theory of, 25, 94, 134, 179–209, 290, 311, 344

astronomy and, 201–204

black hole theory, 205–209

equations of, 200

gravity and acceleration, 186–88

Newtonian physics and, 203–204

principle of equivalence, 183, 186, 187

particle physics and, 219

quantum mechanics and, 222

special theory of, 35
n
, 58, 133, 134–78, 181, 183, 187, 219, 290, 318
n
, 344

absolute non-motion and, 151–53

mass-energy relationship, 173–78

Newtonian physics and, 166, 177

principle of constancy of the velocity of light and, 151–55, 164–65

principle of relativity and, 152–55

Pythagorean theory and, 169–72

spacecraft analogy, 156–57

space-time interval, 171–73

Twin Paradox of, 156–57

Religions

Eastern, 342–48

science and, 97

Rest mass, 162, 226–27

Riemann, Georg Friedrich, 180
n

Right triangles, 169–71

Rosen, Nathan, xx, 316–21

Roshi, Baker, 132

Roshi, Suzuki, 132

Russell, Bertrand, 109, 189

Rust, 50

Rutherford, Ernest, 13

Sarfatti Jack, 267
n
, 328
n

Scattering Matrix theory.
See
S-Matrix theory

Schilpp, Paul, 262
n

Scholasticism, 26

Schrödinger, Erwin, xx, xxxv, 110–19, 121–22, 286, 318

Schrödinger wave equation, 77, 80–94, 113–18, 122, 287, 300

quantum mechanics and, 117

Schrödinger’s cat, 94–96

Science

progress and, 101–102

religion and, 97

the self and, 101–103, 127

subatomic events and, 127

Scientific “proof,” 302

Scientific “truth,” 41, 42, 302

Scientists, technicians and, 10–11, 16–17

Sea-level pressure, 36

Seat of the Soul, The
(Zukav), xxx

Self, the, science and, 101–103, 127

Self-interaction, 263

Shiva, 241

Singularity, black hole, 206–207

Slater, John, xx, 72, 117

S-Matrix theory, 115
n
, 122, 222
n
, 272–78

subatomic particles and, 273–77

Smith, Dr. Felix, 232
n

Snyder, S., 205
n

Sodium, 11–12, 50, 204–205

Sodium chloride, 50

Sodium spectrum, 11–12

Solar systems, 199, 208–209, 260

movement of, 189

Solitons, 285
n

Sommerfield, Arnold, 14

Sound, velocity of, 165

Sound waves, 318

Space

Euclidean, 171
n

time and, 166–78, 196, 310–11

Space maps, 236

Space program, Newtonian physics and, 27

Space-like separations, 164
n
, 319

Space-time continuum, 188–90, 197–201, 209

four-dimensional, 168–69, 193, 199

Space-time diagrams, 242, 243–44, 274

Space-time interval, 171–73

Space-time maps, 236–39

Space-time pictures, 244–45

Special theory of relativity, 35
n
, 58, 133, 134–78, 181, 183, 187, 219, 290, 318
n
, 344

Spectrum, 38–39

hydrogen, 13–16, 39, 57

sodium, 11–12

white-light, 11–12, 15–16

Spheres, 191

Spherical trigonometry, 199

Spin, 234
n
, 235, 270

isotopic, 234
n

rate of, 230–32

zero, 314–16

Standing waves, 110–17

particles and, 118

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), 228
n

Stapp, Henry Pierce, xxi, 42, 69, 78–80, 88, 89, 90, 322, 326, 328, 331, 332, 335, 336, 345

Star systems, 199

binary, 207

Starlight deflection, 203–204

Statistics

Newtonian physics and, 36–37

quantum mechanics and, 37–40

Stellar energy, 174, 322

Stern-Gerlach device, 315–17, 321

Strangeness, 234
n

Strong force, 252–54, 259–61

Subatomic particles, 175, 213–79, 289

angular momentum of, 231–34

Bohm’s hypothesis and, 339–43

characteristics of, 225–34

classical logic and, 291–93

conservation laws, 268–71

gravity and, 260

mathematics and, 289–90

Newton’s laws of motion and, 125

particle physics and, 219–20, 224–25

Planck’s constant and, 233

quantum mechanics and, 34–40, 51, 96–97, 117, 220–22, 322

S-Matrix theory and, 273–77

time flow and, 245–47

Subatomic phenomena, 21–22, 29, 35, 38, 40, 41
n
, 57

Born and, 117

Sun, motion and, 137, 138

Superdeterminism, 333

Supergravity theories, 260
n

Superluminal information transfer theory, 326–28, 333

Superluminal quantum connectedness, 331

Superluminal speed, 319–20

Superposition, coherent, 299–301

Sutras, 264–66, 267–68

Symbols, 343

experience and, 290, 301, 310

Symmetries, 271

Symmetry, laws of, 177

Synchronicity, 69
n
, 328
n

Tachyons, 319
n

Tai Chi Master, 5, 7–8, 348

Tantra
, 346–47

Tantric Buddhism, 220–21, 346–47

Taoism, 201, 266
n

Tao particle, 228
n