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Maxwell’s theory, 133
Measurement
problem of, 87, 91, 93
theory of, 87, 338
Mechanical energy, 176
Mechanics
classical, 150–51, 152
defined, 20
laws of, 138–41, 153, 182, 196
matrix, 122
Meditation, 173, 343
Membrane, one-way, 205–206
Mercury, 201–202
perihelion of, 201–202, 205
Mesons, 228, 234, 235, 254, 261, 273
K, 218–19, 240
pi, 218, 235, 240
Metaphysics, physics and, 91
Michelson, Albert, xix, 144–47, 152
Michelson-Morley experiment, 144–49, 151–52, 153, 154, 164, 344
Microscopic level, 34
Middle Ages, 26, 30
Milky Way galaxy, 208
Miller, Henry, 133
Minkowski, Hermann, xix, 173
Minkowski’s flat space-time, 171n
Molecules, 36–37
Momentum, 28, 30, 224, 270
angular, 231–34
zero, 270
Momentum-energy space descriptions, 239n
Monopoles, magnetic, 230n
Moon
the earth and, 27
motion and, 137
Moon probes, 27
Morley, Edward, xix, 144–47, 152
Motion, 26, 136–42
absolute, 138, 142, 183
earth and, 137–39, 145–48
moon and, 137
Newton’s laws of, 22–23, 25, 26–28, 70
subatomic particles, 125
non-absolute, 138, 141–47, 151–53, 184, 209
sun and, 137, 138
time dilation and, 155
Muons, 158, 254n
anti-, 330
Murchie, Guy, 172n
Murphy, Michael, 4
Music of the Spheres (Murchie), 172n
Mystic knowing, 267n
Mythos, logs and, 290–92
Natural philosophy, 30
Nature, discontinuous structure of, 52–53
Negative acceleration, 186–87
Negentropy, 246
Neon, 323
“Neue Bahnen der physikalischen Erkennmis” (Planck), 55n
Neutrinos, 330
Neutron Optics (Hughes), 109
Neutrons, 13, 21, 175, 225, 256–59, 263–64, 270, 273, 277
Newton, Sir Isaac, xxv, 6, 11, 12, 20–21, 22–30, 55, 73, 145, 161, 199, 217, 279, 331, 337, 344
absolute time, and, 166
the church and, 23–24, 30
time and space, 166–68
Newtonian physics, 20–31, 52–55, 73, 110, 122, 161, 166, 168, 177, 205n, 214, 224
general theory of relativity and, 203–204
quantum mechanics and, 20–22, 28–31, 34, 37, 44–45, 110, 177, 337–38, 344
space program and, 27
special theory of relativity and, 166, 177
statistics and, 36–37
Newton’s laws of gravity, 24–26, 138, 182, 186, 201, 203–204
Newton’s laws of motion, 22–23, 25, 26–28, 70
subatomic particles and, 125
Nobel Prize, 14, 33, 58, 107, 345
Nodes, 111–13
Non-being, Being and, 341
Non-inertial co-ordinate systems, 196
Nonlocal universe, 335
Non-motion, absolute, 141–47, 151–53, 184, 209
Nuclear particles, 34–35
Nucleons, 253–54, 256, 259
Null process, 304, 305, 306
Numbers
baryon, 234n
family, conservation laws of, 270
lepton, 234n
quantum, 114, 217n, 234
Objectivity, quantum mechanics and, 32–33
Observables, 77–78
One-way membrane, 205–206
Ontology, 288
Oppenheimer, 205n
Optics, 53
Optiks (Newton), 11
Organic energy, physics and, 49
Organic matter, inorganic matter and, 51–52
Oscillators
atomic, 53–54, 55
quantized, 55
Oxygen, 50
Paradigms, 285
Parallel axiom, 180n
Particle accelerators, 215, 217–18, 219, 226
Particle phenomenon, light and, 105–106, 133–34
Particle physics, 18, 34–35, 122, 158, 174, 176–77, 188n, 213–78, 347–48
basic questions of, 220, 231
Buddhism and, 262–63, 264–66
dynamics of, 313
hardware of, 217
purpose of, 217
quantum field theory and, 220
relativity and, 219
subatomic particles, 219–20, 224–25
tools of, 217
Particle theory, elementary, 21
Particles
D, 228n
defined, 51–52
eta, 259
lambda, 218–19, 240, 270, 273, 278
massless, 228–29
nuclear, 34–35
standing waves and, 118
Tau, 228n
W, 261
See also Subatomic particles; types of particles
Pauli, Wolfgang, xx, 33, 114
Pauli exclusion principle, 114, 251–52n
Penrose, Roger, 205
Perturbation theory, 248n
Phenomena
psychic, 331
quantum, 313–14
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Newton), 24–25, 27
Philosophy, natural, 30
Photoelectric effect, 58–60, 63, 105
Photography, time-lapse, 50
Photomultiplier tubes, 324–25
Photon detectors, 82–83. See also Photomultiplier tubes
Photons, 22n, 39, 58–60, 63, 68–71, 74–87, 92, 143–44, 206n, 218n, 227, 233–35, 238, 239–40, 242, 243n, 243–44, 247–51, 261–63, 271, 286–87, 298, 314, 323–24
high-energy, 59–60
high-energy virtual, 248n
low-energy, 59–60
as organic, 70
virtual, 247–55, 261–62
Physical concepts, defined, 9
Physics, 3–4, 96, 131–32
bubble chamber, 218n
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, 218n
defined, 201
emulsion, 218n
enlightenment and, 283–84
experimental, 285n
mathematics and, 4, 17
metaphysics and, 91
organic energy and, 49
pre-relativity, 144n
psychology and, 33–34, 180
quantum mechanics and, 19, 221
theoretical, 272, 285n
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, 58n, 63, 233
Bohr and, 233
color and, 56
Einstein and, 233
quantum mechanics and, 63
subatomic particles and, 233
Planck’s equation, 107n
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, 243n, 243–44, 251, 271
Potentia, 72, 287
Pragmatism, 41, 79n
quantum mechanics and, 41, 79n, 88–89, 90, 109–10, 251–52
Prajnaparamita Surras, 267–68
Pre-relativity physics, 144n
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, 217n
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, 145n, 221–24, 239, 242–43, 244, 248, 251, 252
particle physics and, 220
quantum mechanics and, 222
Quantum jump, 83, 116n
Quantum logic, 285, 291–93, 298, 301, 302, 306–307, 310
Quantum mechanics, xxv–xxvi, 18, 79–80, 214, 251–52n, 313, 317, 330
basic paradox, 225
Bohr on, 28, 125–26, 289, 337n
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, 337n
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, 79n, 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, 217n, 234
Quantum paradox, basic, 103n
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, 230n, 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, 142n, 152n
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, 35n, 58, 133, 134–78, 181, 183, 187, 219, 290, 318n, 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, 180n
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, 267n, 328n
Scattering Matrix theory. See S-Matrix theory
Schilpp, Paul, 262n
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, 115n, 122, 222n, 272–78
subatomic particles and, 273–77
Smith, Dr. Felix, 232n
Snyder, S., 205n
Sodium, 11–12, 50, 204–205
Sodium chloride, 50
Sodium spectrum, 11–12
Solar systems, 199, 208–209, 260
movement of, 189
Solitons, 285n
Sommerfield, Arnold, 14
Sound, velocity of, 165
Sound waves, 318
Space
Euclidean, 171n
time and, 166–78, 196, 310–11
Space maps, 236
Space program, Newtonian physics and, 27
Space-like separations, 164n, 319
Space-time continuum, 188–90, 197–201, 209
four-dimensional, 168–69, 193, 199
Space-time diagrams, 242, 243–44, 274