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Absolute motion, 149, 185
Absolute non-motion, 149–151, 157–159, 185, 207
Absolute time, 170
Absolute truth, 63
Acceleration, 180
gravity and, 187
negative, 187–188
positive, 187–188
Accelerators
electron, 221
feeder, 221
particle, 211,214,215, 222
Admissions, 288
Albert Einstein, Philosopher-Scientist (ed. Schilpp), 253 n
Allowed transitions, 287
Amplitude, 80
Analytic geometry, 322
Anderson, Carl, 228
Angular momentum, 226–227
Antimuon, 315
Anti-particles, 229, 233, 235, 236, 264
Anti-protons, 254
“Are Superluminal Connections Necessary?” (Stapp), 311–312
Aristotelianism, 90
Aristotle, 47, 273
Aspect, Alain, 17, 312–314
Astronauts, 47–48
Astronomy, 73, 200–203
Ptolemaic, 214 n
Atomic bombs, 178
Atomic level, 57
Atomic oscillators, 74, 75
Atomic phenomena, 45–46
Atomic reactors, 178
Atomic theory of matter, 77 n
Atoms, 74
Bohr’s theory on, 39–41
construction of, 38–39
ground state of, 40
the new physics and, 129–130
“Auguries of Innocence” (Blake), 170
Avatamsaka Sutra, 256 n
Awareness movement, 176
Baryon number, 228 n
Baryons, 223, 228, 229, 260, 263
Be Here Now (Dass), 176
Being, Non-being and, 325
Bell, J. S., 17, 92, 298
Bell Telephone Laboratories, 119
Bell’s theorem, 243 n, 271–272, 298, 305–309, 313–318, 323
quantum theory and, 305–306, 309, 314, 317, 320
“Beneath Time” (Finkelstein), 295
Bently, Richard, 49
Bible, 110, 177
Big Bang theory, 315 n
Binary star system, 205
Birkbeck College, 217, 323
Birkhoff, Garrett, 278, 287, 295–296
Black-body radiation, 74–75, 118, 227, 328
Black hole singularity, 205
Black hole theory, 203–207
Blake, William, 170
Blofeld, John, 256 n
Bohm, David, 17, 217, 301, 312, 313, 315, 323–329
Bohr, Niels, 15, 16, 39–41, 52, 61, 62 n, 63 n, 77, 90, 121, 128, 135, 219, 312
complementarity and, 63 n, 116, 118, 219 n, 323, 330
Einstein and, 276
Planck’s constant and, 227
planetary model of the atom, 122, 125–126, 127, 129, 218
on quantum mechanics, 52, 135, 275, 322 n
theory on atoms, 39–41
Boltzmann, Ludwig, 77 n
Boltzmann’s constant, 77 n
Born, Max, 15, 92, 128–129, 135, 226–227, 275
Bound, greatest lower, 292
Boyle, Robert, 58
Boyle’s Law, 58–59
Bubble chambers, 211, 214–215, 217, 220, 244
Buddha, 255, 328
Buddhism, 25, 102, 105, 177, 200, 224, 235, 253–256, 258, 296, 319, 326, 330
Mahayana, 256, 258
particle physics and, 253–256
physics and, 296
Tantric, 217
Tibetan, 297, 327, 330
Zen, 223–224
Buddhist Text Translation Society, 256 n
Calculus, logical, 274
Cameras, computer-triggered, 214
“Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?” (Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen), 301
Carbon, 131
Causality, 64, 88, 135, 273, 274
Causes, local, principle of, 304, 308–309, 314, 317–319
CERN, 298
Chain reactions, 178
Charge, 228 n, 229, 260
Charm, 214 n, 228 n
Chemical reactions, human reactions and, 71–72
Chew, Professor G. F., 256 n, 331
Chlorine, 71
Christ, 328
Church, the
Newton and, 48, 53
physics and, 48
Circles, 191, 193–198
circumferences, 194
radii, 194
Circumferences, 194
Classical logic, 277–278, 283–284, 287, 291, 296
subatomic particles and, 277–278
Classical physics, 25, 73–74, 156, 275, 276
quantum mechanics and, 108–109, 134
Classical transformation laws, 147–148, 158, 159, 168–169
Clauser, John, 17, 309, 314, 317, 320
Clauser-Freedman experiment, 306 n, 309–310, 312, 314
Coherent superposition, 285–286
Collapse of the wave function, 98–100, 108, 316n
Color, Planck’s constant and, 76
Communications, superluminal, 309–311
Complementarity, 63 n, 116, 118, 219 n, 323,331
Compton, Arthur, 116–117
Compton scattering, 117
Computers, 50, 211, 214
Computer-triggered cameras, 214
Confucius, 172
Congruence, 182 n
Consciousness, physics and, 102
Conservation laws, 178–179, 213, 259–261
subatomic particles and, 259–261
Conservation laws of family numbers, 260
Conservation laws of mass-energy, 179, 241, 242, 247, 252, 253, 259, 260
Constant of proportionality, 82
Continuums, 171
Contrafactual definiteness, 317–319
Co-ordinate systems, 146–148, 182–183, 188 n, 196–197, 200
inertial, 146–148, 184–185, 187, 193–194, 198
non-inertial, 195
Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, 62–65, 93, 102, 106, 107, 108,214 n, 301,321,331
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 114, 154, 210–211
Correlation, 95
Cosmic radiation, 162–163
Counter physics, 214 n
cummings, e. e., 277
Cyclotrons, 230
Cygnus X-l, 205–206
D particles, 223 n
Dass, Ram, 176
Davisson, Clinton, 16, 119
Davisson-Germer experiment, 119, 120
De Broglie, Louis, 15, 119, 120, 125, 126, 128, 129, 131, 132, 227, 238
De Broglie’s equation, 119 n
Decay times, 234
Deceleration, 180
Definiteness, 321
contraf actual, 317–319
Deflection, starlight, 201–203
Descartes, Ren6, 38, 48, 50, 148, 322–326
Detectors, photon, 98. See also Photo-multiplier tubes Determinism, 59, 318, 321
Diffraction, 83–85, 142
electron, 119–120
Dirac, Paul, 16, 116 n, 218, 228, 232, 244, 254
Discontinuous structure of nature, 73
Distributivity, law of, 278, 291–295
Doppler effect, 151 n
Double exposure, 285
Double-slit experiment, 85–102, 106, 117–118, 121, 298–299, 312–313
See also Young’s double-slit experiment
Doublets, 291
Downhill interactions, 259
Duration, 50
Dylan, Bob, 142
Earth
the moon and, 50–51
motion and, 145–146, 152–155
Eastern literature
quantum mechanics and, 114
Eastern religions, 326–329
Eddington, Arthur, 190, 192 n
Einstein, Albert, 15, 16, 25, 35, 49, 59, 60, 77–79, 129, 131, 149, 212, 276, 301–305, 310, 326
Bohr and, 276
general theory of relativity, 49, 108, 143, 180–207, 276, 295, 296, 328
astronomy and, 200–203
black hole theory, 203–207
equations of, 199
gravity and acceleration, 187–207
Newtonian physics and, 202–203
principle of equivalence, 185, 187, 188
photon theory of light, 90, 116, 118–119, 122, 142–144
Planck and, 78–79, 90
Planck’s constant, 227
quantum mechanics and, 44, 92, 93, 322 n
quantum nature of light, 77–79, 87, 89
quantum theory and, 304–305
special theory of relativity, 58, 77, 79, 141, 143–180, 182, 184, 188, 215, 276, 295, 302, 310 n, 311, 328
absolute non-motion and, 157–159
mass-energy relationship, 176–180
Newtonian physics and, 169–170, 180
principle of constancy of the velocity of light and, 157–160, 168, 169
principle of relativity and, 158–160
Pythagorean theory and, 172–175
spacecraft analogy, 161–162
space-time interval, 174–176
Twin Paradox of, 161–162
thought experiments of, 167–168, 183–187, 193–196, 302
time and space, 170, 237–238
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) effect, 243 n, 301–309, 313, 319 n
Einstein-Rosen bridges, 205
Einstein’s equation, 119n, 177–178, 216n, 222 n
Electrodynamics, quantum, 244
Electromagnetic field, 156–157
Electromagnetic force, 224–225, 243–246, 251, 252
Electromagnetic radiation, 74, 81, 117, 158, 205
Electromagnetic waves, 81, 303
Electron accelerators, 221
Electron cloud, 130–131
Electron diffraction, 119–120
Electron mass, 222
Electron volts, 222
Electronic orbits, 77 n
Electron-positron annihilation, 235
Electrons, 38, 46, 57, 74, 221
energy levels of, 126–127
gamma rays and, 134
waves and, 119–120, 122–124
X-rays and, 116–117
Elementary particle theory, 46
Embrace Tiger, Return to Mountain (Huang), 34
Emissions, 288–290
Emulsion physics, 214 n
Energy
frequency and, 82, 117
kinetic, 116, 166, 215, 222, 259
light and, 187
mass and, 58, 144, 176–180, 187–188, 199, 216, 222
mechanical, 179
organic, physics and, 70
quanta and, 118
stellar, 177, 306
thermal, 179
Energy absorption, 77
Energy emission, 77
Energy packets, 76–77
Energy radiation, 73
Enlightenment, 254, 296
physics and, 270–271
Entropy, 239
increasing, 239
maximal, 239
Epilepsy, 64
Epistemology, 274
Equivalence, principle of, 185, 187, 188
Esalen Institute, 31–32, 331
Eta particles, 250–251
Ether, theory of, 151–152
Euclid, 182 n, 191, 193, 194
Euclidean geometry, 182 n, 191–196, 296
Euclidean space, 175 n
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), 298
Event horizon, 204–205
Everett, Hugh, III, 105–107, 108 n
Everett-Wheeler-Graham theory. See Many Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics
Exclusion principle, Pauli, 125, 243 n
Experience, symbols and, 276, 286, 295
Experimental physics, 272 n
Fails, locality, 314–315
Family numbers, conservation laws of, 260
Feeder accelerator, 221
Feynman, Richard, 16, 232–236, 253–254
Feynman diagrams, 233, 235–237, 242, 244, 246–250, 254, 257, 264
Feynman perturbation theory, 240 n
Fields, matter and, 219 5th Solvay Congress, 62 n
Finkelstein, David, 17, 31, 203–204, 215, 262, 276, 277, 278, 284, 285, 287, 295, 331
Finnegans Wake (Joyce), 261
Fission, 178
FitzGerald, George Francis, 15, 154–155, 160
FitzGerald-Lorentz contraction, 155
Flower Garland Sutra, 255, 256 n
Forbidden transitions, 287
strong, 244–246, 250–252
weak, 251, 252
See also Gravity
Ford, Kenneth, 221, 254
Four-dimensional space-time continuum, 171–172, 193, 198
Fourth dimension, 172
Frames of reference. See Co-ordinate systems
Free will, 51, 318–319, 321
Freedman, Stuart, 17, 309, 314, 317, 320
Frequency, 50, 80–82
energy and, 82, 117
Freud, Sigmund, 65
Friction, 47, 179
Fundamental Physics Group, 320, 321
Fusion, 177–178
laser, 272
Galaxies, 198, 251
Galaxy clusters, 198
Galilean relativity principle, 145–148, 158–159
Galilei, Galileo, 32, 38, 48, 50, 55, 129, 146, 148, 158–159, 328
Gamma rays, 134
electrons and, 134
Gas volume, pressure and, 58–59
Gauge theories, unified, 272 n
Gell-Mann, Murray, 261
General theory of relativity, 49, 108, 143, 180–207, 276, 295, 296, 328
Geometry, 190–191, 199
analytic, 322
Euclidean, 182 n, 191–196, 296
laws of, 182
Germer, Lester, 16, 119
Ghost waves, 89
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 210–211
Graham, Neill, 105–106, 107
Gravitational fields, 187, 199
Gravitational mass, 187–188
Gravitational redshift, 203
Graviton, 252, 259
Gravity, 184–207, 216 n, 251–252
acceleration and, 187
light and, 201–203
Newton’s law of, 48–49, 146, 183, 187, 200, 202
subatomic particles and, 251
Great Machine idea, 48, 50, 52, 54, 55, 152, 318
Greatest lower bound, 292
Green light, 76–78, 81
Guillemin, Victor, 75–76
Gurus, 240
Hafele, J. C, 163 n
Hagedorn theory, 239 n
Hamilton, W. R., 131
Happiness, 271
Hawking, S. W., 204 n
Heart Sutra, The, 258
Heisenberg, Werner, 15, 25, 47, 52, 90, 101, 121, 131–134, 136, 142, 211, 216,219, 220,273, 277, 301,323
Heisenberg microscopes, 312–313
Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, 52, 60, 133–136, 227, 241, 247, 253, 259, 263, 330
Helium, 177–178
Herbert, Nick, 257 n
High-energy particle physics. See Particle
physics High-energy photons, 79
High-energy virtual photons, 241 n
High-frequency light, 82
Hinduism, 105, 235, 326, 329
Horizon, event, 204–205
Hua Yen Sutra, 256 n
Huang, Al Chung-liang, 31, 33, 34, 35, 331
Hughes, Donald, 121
Human reactions, chemical reactions and, 71–72
Hydrogen, 38–41, 61–62, 125–128, 131, 177–178, 204, 205
Hydrogen (fusion) bombs, 178
Hydrogen spectrum, 39–41, 61–62, 77
Hypotenuse, the, 172–173
Idealism, 103
Identity process, 288
Imaginary rest mass, 310 n
Increasing entropy, 239
Index of refraction, 150 n, 158
Inertial co-ordinate systems, 146–148, 184–185, 187, 193–194, 198
Inertial frame of reference. See Inertial co-ordinate systems Inertial mass, 187–188
Inorganic matter
organic matter and, 72–73
Inquisition, the, 48
Interactions, 118, 243, 259
Interference, 87–88, 124, 142
Interferometers, 153, 160
Invariance, 171, 199 n, 260–261
Iron, 71
Isotopic spin, 228 n
James, William, 63 n
Josephson, Brian, 257 n, 267 n
Joyce, James, 261
Jung, Carl, 56, 88 n, 313 n
K mesons, 215, 234–235
Kaon decays, 315, 316
Kaons, 250–251, 262, 267
Keating, R. E., 163 n
Kelvin, Lord, 328
Kinetic energy, 116, 166, 215, 222, 259
Knowledge, wisdom and, 321
Koans, 223–224, 226
Kramers, H. A., 15, 90, 128
Krishna, Lord, 114, 328
La Place, Pierre-Simon, 204
Lambda particles, 215, 234–235, 260, 262, 267
Laser fusion, 272
Lattices, 290–294
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL), 23, 63, 223 n, 230, 309, 320, 327
Lenard, Philippe, 78
Length
proper, 161
relative, 161
Lepton number, 228 n
Leptons, 223, 228, 229, 260
Light, 56
double-slit experiment, 85–102, 106, 117–118, 121, 298–299, 312–313
energy and, 187
gravity and, 201–203
green, 76–78, 81
high-frequency, 82
interactions, 118
measuring speed of, 159–160
the Michelson-Morley experiment, 151–156, 157, 159, 160, 168, 314, 328
particle phenomenon, 117–118, 142
polarization of, 278–284, 285, 287–296, 307–309
quantum mechanics and, 283
quantum theory and, 308
quantum nature of, 77–79
red, 76–77, 79, 81
velocity of, 81, 144, 149–155, 157, 158, 159, 160, 303
principle of the constancy of, 157–159, 168, 169
violet, 76–77, 79, 81
visible, 80
wave phenomenon, 79, 117–118, 142, 303
wave theory of, 84–86
wave-like, 117–118
Light quanta, theory of, 142
Lobachevsky, Nikolai Ivanovich, 182 n
Local causes, principle of, 304, 308–309, 314,317–319
Locality fails, 314–315
Logic
classical, 277–278, 283–284, 287, 291, 296
subatomic particles and, 277–278
quantum, 271–272, 277–278, 283–284, 286, 287, 291, 295
Logical calculus, 274
Logos, mythos and, 276–277
Longchenpa, 297
Lorentz, Hendrik Antoon, 15, 155, 160, 169
Lorentz transformations, 155, 160, 165, 168
Low-energy photons, 79
LSD, 220, 240
Luther, Martin, 48 n
Macroscopic level, 57, 77
Macroscopic objects, 95 n
Magnetic monopoles, 225 n
Mahayana Buddhism, 256, 258
Many Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics, 106–110, 319, 321
Maps
space, 230
space-time, 230–232
Mass, 199, 220
electron, 222
energy and, 58, 144, 176–180, 187–188, 199, 216, 222
gravitational, 187–188
imaginary rest, 310 n
inertial, 187–188
relativistic, 221
rest, 166, 221, 222
velocity and, 165–166
zero rest, 223
Mass-energy, conservation laws of, 241, 242, 247, 252, 253, 259, 260
Mass/energy dualism, 216 n
Massless particles, 223–224
Materialism, 103
Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, The (von Neumann), 272, 274
Mathematical Theory of Relativity, The (Eddington), 192 n
Mathematics
physics and, 31, 42
subatomic particles and, 275–276
Matrices, 131, 262
Matrix mechanics, 131–132
Matter
atomic theory of, 77 n
fields and, 219
inorganic, 72–73
organic, 72–73
Matter waves, 119, 122, 126, 129, 132
Maximal entropy, 239
Maxwell, James Clerk, 145 n, 156
Maxwell’s field equations, 156
Maxwell’s theory, 142
Measurement
problem of, 102, 105, 107
theory of, 102, 323
Mechanical energy, 179
Mechanics
classical, 156
defined, 45
laws of, 146–148, 158, 184, 195
matrix, 131–132
Meditation, 176, 327
Membrane, one-way, 203–205
Mercury, 200–201
perihelion of, 200–201, 203
Mesons, 223, 228, 229, 246, 250–252, 263
K, 215, 234–235
pi, 215, 229, 234–235
Metaphysics, physics and, 105
Michelson, Albert, 15, 151–154, 158
Michelson-Morley experiment, 151–156, 157, 159, 160, 168, 314, 328
Microscopic level, 57
Milky Way galaxy, 206
Miller, Henry, 142
Minkowski, Hermann, 15, 176
Minkowski’s flat space-time, 175 n
Molecules, 59
Momentum, 52, 54, 220, 259
angular, 226–227
zero, 260
Momentum-energy space descriptions, 253 n
Monopoles, magnetic, 225 n
Moon
the earth and, 50–51
motion and, 145–146
Moon probes, 51
Morley, Edward, 15, 151–154, 158
Motion, 50, 145–149
absolute, 149, 185
earth and, 145–146, 152–155
moon and, 145–146
Newton’s laws of, 47–48, 50, 51, 88, 89
subatomic particles, 134–135
non-, absolute, 149–151, 157–159, 185, 207
sun and, 145–146
time dilation and, 160
Muons, 162–163, 246 n
anti-, 315
Murchie, Guy, 175 n
Murphy, Michael, 31
Music of the Spheres (Murchie), 175 n
Mystic knowing, 257 n
Mythos, logos and, 276–277
Natural philosophy, 53
Nature, discontinuous structure of, 73
Negative acceleration, 187–188
Negentropy, 239, 241 n, 310, 313 n, 316 n
Neon, 306
“Neue Bahnen der physikalischen Erkenntnis” (Planck), 75 n
Neutrinos, 315
Neutron Optics (Hughes), 121
Neutrons, 38, 46, 178, 221, 247–250, 254, 259, 260, 262, 266
Newton, Sir Isaac, 25, 32, 37, 38, 41, 47–54, 75, 90, 152, 165, 198, 213, 267, 317, 322, 328
absolute time and, 170
the church and, 48, 53
time and space, 170, 171
Newtonian physics, 44, 45, 46, 73–77, 122, 132, 166, 169–170, 171, 180, 204 n, 211, 220
general theory of relativity and, 202–203
quantum mechanics and, 45–47, 52–55, 57, 59, 66, 122, 180, 322–323, 328
space program and, 51
special theory of relativity and, 169–170, 180
statistics and, 58–59
Newton’s law of gravity, 48–49, 146, 183, 187, 200, 202
Newton’s laws of motion, 47–48, 50, 51, 88, 89
subatomic particles and, 134–135
Nobel Prize, 39, 56, 77, 78, 119, 328
Nodes, 122–125
Non-being, Being and, 325
Non-inertial co-ordinate systems, 195
Nonlocal universe, 320
Non-motion, absolute, 149–151, 157–159, 185, 207
Nuclear particles, 57
Nucleons, 245–246, 248, 251
Null process, 288, 290
Numbers
baryon, 228 n
family, conservation laws of, 260
lepton, 228 n
quantum, 214 n, 228, 229
Objectivity, quantum mechanics and, 56
Observables, 94
One-way membrane, 203–205
Ontology, 274
Oppenheimer, J. R., 204 n
Optics, 73
Optiks (Newton), 37
Organic energy, physics and, 70
Organic matter, inorganic matter and, 72–73
Oscillators
atomic, 74, 75
quantized, 75
Oxygen, 71
Paradigms, 272
Parallel axiom, 182 n
Particle accelerators, 211, 214, 215, 222
Particle phenomenon, light and, 117–118, 142
Particle physics, 42, 58, 132, 162, 177, 179, 189n 210–267, 331
basic questions of, 216, 225
Buddhism and, 253–256
dynamics of, 298
hardware of, 213–214
purpose of, 214
quantum field theory and, 216
relativity and, 216
subatomic particles, 220
tools of, 213
Particle theory, elementary, 46
Particles
D, 223 n
defined, 72
eta, 250–251
lambda, 215, 234–235, 260, 262, 265
massless, 223–224
nuclear, 57
standing waves and, 129
Tau, 223 n
W, 252
See also Subatomic particles; types of particles
“Past and the Delayed-Choice Double-Slit Experiment, The” (Wheeler), 312 n
Pauli, Wolfgang, 15, 56, 125
Pauli exclusion principle, 125, 243 n
Penrose, Roger, 204
Perturbation theory, 240 n
Phenomena
psychic, 316–317
quantum, 298–299
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Newton), 49, 51
Philosophy, natural, 53
Photoelectric effect, 78–79, 82, 117–118
Photography, time-lapse, 71
Photomultiplier tubes, 307–308, 309, 312
Photon detectors, 98. See also Photomultiplier tubes
Photons, 46 n, 61, 77–79, 82, 87–89, 91–102, 106, 150–151, 204 n, 214 n, 223, 227–229, 232, 233, 235, 236 n, 237, 240–244, 252–254, 261, 273, 283, 284, 299, 306–307, 309
high-energy, 79
high-energy virtual, 241 n
low-energy, 79
as organic, 88
virtual, 240–246, 252–253
Physical concepts, defined, 35
Physics, 30–31, 110, 140–141
bubble chamber, 214 n
Buddhism and, 296
the church and, 48
classical, 25, 73–74, 276
quantum mechanics and, 108–109, 134
consciousness and, 102
counter, 214 n
defined, 200
emulsion, 214 n
enlightenment and, 270–271
experimental, 272 n
mathematics and, 31, 42
metaphysics and, 105
organic energy and, 70
pre-relativity, 151 n
psychology and, 56, 182
quantum mechanics and, 44
theoretical, 261, 272 n
See also Newtonian physics; Particle physics
Physics/Consciousness Research Group, 31
Pi mesons, 215, 229, 234–235
Pions, 163, 246–248, 249, 250, 254, 259, 262, 265, 315
virtual, 248, 250
Planck, Max, 15, 25, 73–79, 82, 90, 117, 118, 129, 134, 149, 211, 225, 330–331
Einstein and, 78–79, 90
quantum of action, 311, 328
Planck’s constant, 76, 77 n, 82, 227
Bohr and, 227
color and, 76
Einstein and, 227
quantum mechanics and, 82
subatomic particles and, 227
Planck’s equation, 119 n
Plato, 163–165
Podolsky, Boris, 16, 301–305
Polarizers, 278–284, 287, 288, 317
diagonal, 281–284
horizontal, 280–284, 289–290
vertical, 280–284
Positive acceleration, 187–188
Positrons, 228–229, 236 n, 237, 244, 261
Potentia, 90, 273
Pragmatism, 63, 95
quantum mechanics and, 63, 95, 103, 104, 121
Prajnaparamita Sutras, 258
Pre-relativity physics, 151 n
Pressure
gas volume and, 58–59
sea level, 58–59
Price, Dick, 31
Probability, quantum mechanics and, 53, 91, 97, 101–103, 105, 128–129
Probability waves, 90, 128
Problem of measurement, 102, 105, 107, 323
Progress, science and, 114–115
Proof, scientific, 287
Proper length, 161
Proper time, 161, 162, 166–167
Proportionality, constant of, 82
Protons, 38, 46, 215, 221, 228, 230, 234, 245–250, 254, 259, 260, 262–264
anti-, 254
Psychic phenomena, 316–317
Psychology, 274
physics and, 56, 182
Ptolemaic astronomy, 214 n
Pythagoras the Greek, 172–176
Pythagorean theorem, 172–175
Quadruplets, 291
Quanta, energy and, 118
Quantification, 55
Quantized oscillators, 75
Quantum, defined, 45
Quantum electrodynamics, 244
Quantum field theory, 152 n, 218–220, 232–233, 236,237, 241, 243–244, 331
particle physics and, 216
quantum mechanics and, 218
Quantum jump, 98–99, 127 n
Quantum logic, 271–272, 274–275, 283–284, 286, 287, 291, 295
Quantum mechanics, 25, 42–43, 96, 211, 243 n, 298, 301, 314, 315
basic paradox of, 220
Bohr on, 52, 135, 275, 322 n
classical physics and, 108–109, 134
coherent superposition and, 285–286
common sense contradictions and, 52–53
Compton and, 116–117
the Copenhagen Interpretation of, 62–65, 93, 102, 106, 107, 108, 214 n, 301, 321, 330
defined, 45
Eastern literature and, 114
Einstein and, 44, 92, 93, 322 n
major contribution of, 218
Many Worlds Interpretation of, 106–110, 319, 321
Newtonian physics and, 45–47, 52–55, 57, 59, 66, 122, 180, 322–323, 328
objectivity and, 56
the observed system, 93, 94, 100
the observing system, 93, 100
philosophical implication of, 72–73
physics and, 44
Planck’s constant and, 82
the polarization of light and, 283
pragmatism and, 63, 95, 103, 104, 121
preparation and measurement in, 92–99
probability and, 53, 91, 97, 101–103, 105, 128–129
the problem of measurement in, 102, 105, 107
quantum field theory and, 218
reality and, 56
relativity and, 218
Schrcdinger wave equation and, 127
Schrödinger’s cat and, 108–109
the split-brain analysis, 64–65
statistics and, 59–62
as the study of correlations between
experiences, 121
subatomic particles and, 57–62, 72, 110, 127–128, 216–217, 306
von Neumann and, 272–275
the wave function, 103–107, 129
wave-particle duality and, 88–90, 119, i42
Quantum numbers, 214 n, 228, 229
Quantum paradox, basic, 116/i Quantum phenomena, 298–299
Quantum theory, 25, 45, 213, 255, 274, 275, 276, 284, 295, 301–303, 330
Bell’s theorem and, 305–306, 309, 314, 317, 320
Einstein and, 304–305
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen effect and, 301–309
Planck’s quantum of action and, 311
polarization of light and, 308
Quantum topology, 295–296, 331
Quarks, 225 n, 261–262, 272
Quasars, 206
Rabi, Isidor I., 36, 329
Radiation
black-body, 74-75, 118, 227, 328
cosmic, 162-163
electromagnetic, 74, 81, 117, 158, 205
energy, 73
Radii, 194
Radio waves, 81, 303
Radium, 60–61
Rate of spin, 225–226
Rauscher, Dr. Elizabeth, 320
Reactions, chain, 178
Reactors, atomic, 178
Reality, 328
quantum mechanics and, 56
Red light, 76–77, 79, 81
Redshift, gravitational, 203
Reference, frames of. See Co-ordinate systems
Refraction, index of, 150 n, 158
Relative length, 161
Relative time, 161–163
Relativistic mass, 221
Relativity, 25, 43
Eastern literature and, 114
Galilean principle, 145–148, 158–159
general theory of, 49, 108, 143, 180–207, 276, 295, 296, 328
astronomy and, 200–203
black hole theory, 203–207
equations of, 199
gravity and acceleration, 187–207
Newtonian physics and, 202–203
principle of equivalence, 185, 187, 188
particle physics and, 216
quantum mechanics and, 218
special theory of, 58, 77, 79, 141, 143–180, 182, 184, 188, 215, 276, 295, 302, 310n 311, 328
absolute non-motion and, 157–159
mass-energy relationship, 176–180
Newtonian physics and, 169–170, 180
principle of constancy of the velocity of light and, 157–160, 168, 169
principle of relativity and, 158–160
Pythagorean theory and, 172–175
spacecraft analogy, 161–162
space-time interval, 174–176
Twin Paradox of, 161–162
Religions
Eastern, 326–329
science and, 110–111
Rest mass, 166, 221, 222
Riemann, Georg Friedrich, 182/1
Right triangles, 172–174
Rosen, Nathan, 16, 301–305
Roshi, Baker, 141
Roshi, Suzuki, 141
Russell, Bertrand, 121, 190
Rust, 71
Rutherford, Ernest, 38
Sarfatti, Jack, 17, 31, 213, 241 n, 257 n, 310–314, 315 n, 316 n
Scattering Matrix theory. See S-Matrix theory
Schilpp, Paul, 253 n
Scholasticism, 50
Schrödinger, Erwin, 15, 25, 122–132, 272, 273, 302–303
Schrödinger wave equation, 93, 96–108, 127, 132, 285
quantum mechanics and, 127
Schrödinger’s cat, 108–109
Science
progress and, 114–115
religion and, 110–111
the self and, 114–115, 136
subatomic events and, 136
Scientific “proof,” 287
Scientific “truth,” 63, 287
Scientists, technicians and, 36–37, 41–42
Sea-level pressure, 58–59
Self, the, science and, 114–115, 136
Self-interaction, 254
Shiva, 235
Singularity, black hole, 205
Slater, John, 15, 90, 128
S-Matrix theory, 127 n, 132, 218 n, 262–267
subatomic particles and, 262–265
Smith, Dr. Felix, 226 n
Snyder, S., 204 n
Sodium, 37–38, 71, 203
Sodium chloride, 71
Sodium spectrum, 37–38
Solar systems, 198, 206, 251
movement of, 190
Solitons, 272 n
Sommerfield, Arnold, 39
Sound, velocity of, 169
Sound waves, 303
Space
Euclidean, 175 n
time and, 170–180, 196, 295–296
Space maps, 230
Space program, Newtonian physics and, 51
Space-like separations, 168, 303
Space-time continuum, 189–191, 197–200
four-dimensional, 171–172, 193, 198
Space-time diagrams, 235, 263
Space-time interval, 174–176
Space-time maps, 230–232
Space-time pictures, 237–238
Special theory of relativity, 58, 77, 79, 141, 143–180, 182, 184, 188, 215, 276, 295, 302, 310 n, 311, 328
Spectrum, 61–62
hydrogen, 39–41, 61–62, 77
sodium, 37–38
white-light, 37, 41
Spheres, 191
Spherical trigonometry, 199
Spin, 228 n, 229, 260
isotopic, 228 n
rate of, 225–226
zero, 299, 301
Spin states, 312
Standing waves, 122–128
particles and, 129
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), 223 n
Stapp, Henry Pierce, 63–64, 87, 94–96, 103, 105, 306, 311–312, 314, 317, 318, 320,321,329
Star systems, 198
binary, 205
Starlight deflection, 201–203
Statistics
Newtonian physics and, 58–59
quantum mechanics and, 59–62
Stellar energy, 177, 306
Stern-Gerlach device, 299–302, 305
Strangeness, 228 n
Strong force, 244–246, 250–252
Subatomic particles, 179, 210–267, 275
angular momentum of, 226–228
Bohm’s hypothesis and, 323–327
characteristics of, 221–226
classical logic and, 277–278
conservation laws, 259–261
gravity and, 251
mathematics and, 275–276
Newton’s laws of motion and, 134–135
particle physics and, 220
Planck’s constant and, 227
quantum mechanics and, 57–62, 72, 110, 127–128, 216–217, 306
S-Matrix theory and, 262–265
time flow and, 239–240
Subatomic phenomena, 46, 52–53, 57–59, 60, 62, 63 n, 77
Born and, 128
Sun, motion and, 145–146
Superdeterminism, 318
Supergravity theories, 251 n
Superluminal information transfer theory, 309–311, 313n 314, 318
Superluminal quantum connectedness, 316
Superluminal speed, 304
Superposition, coherent, 285–286
Sutras, 255, 258
Symbols, 327
experience and, 276, 286, 295
Symmetries, 261
Symmetry, laws of, 179
Synchronicity, 88 n, 313 n
Tachyons, 310 n
T’ai Chi Master, 31, 34, 331
Tantra, 330
Tantric Buddhism, 217
Taoism, 200, 256
Tau particle, 223 n
Technicians, scientists and, 36–37, 41–42
Telepathy, 316
Terrell, James, 17, 164–165
Theoretical physics, 261, 272 n
Theory of measurement, 102, 105, 107, 323
Thermal energy, 179
Thermodynamics, second law of, 239
Thomas, Saint, 110
Thought experiments, 167–168, 183–187, 193–196, 302, 312 n
Tibetan Buddhism, 297, 327, 330
absolute, 170
proper, 161, 162, 166–167
relative, 161–163
space and, 170–180, 196, 295–296
universal, 166
Time dilation, 162–163, 165, 168
motion and, 160
Time irreversability, 239 n
Time-lapse photography, 71
Time-like separation, 168 n
Time reversability, 239 n
Time-reversal invariance principle, 260
Topology, quantum, 295–296, 331
Torsion, 199 n
Transformation laws, classical, 147–148, 158, 159, 168–169
Transition tables, 287–290, 292
Transitions
allowed, 287
forbidden, 287
Triangles, 191, 192
right, 172–174
Trigonometry, spherical, 199
Triplets, 291
Truth
absolute, 63
scientific, 63, 287
Tubes, photomultiplier, 307–308, 309, 312
Twin Paradox of the special theory of relativity, 161–162
Two-particle systems, 299–301
Uhuru, 205
Ultra-violet catastrophe, 74
Uncertainty principle, Heisenberg’s, 52, 60, 133–136, 227, 241, 247, 253, 259,263, 331
Unconscious, the, 65
Unified gauge theories, 272 n
Universal time, 166
Universe, nonlocal, 320
Uphill interactions, 259
Uranium, 131
Vacuum diagrams, 257–258
Velocity, 50, 81, 220
of light, 81, 144, 149–155, 157, 158, 159, 160, 163
principle of the constancy of, 157–159, 168, 169
mass and, 165–166
of sound, 169
Violet light, 76–77, 79, 81
Virtual particle theory, 244
Virtual photons, 240–246, 252–253
Virtual pions, 248, 250
Vishnu, 235
Visible light, 80
Volts, electron, 222
Volume
gas, pressure and, 58–59
zero, 205
Von Neumann, John, 16, 226 n, 272, 278, 287, 295–296, 323
quantum mechanics and, 272–275
W particle, 252
Walker, E. H., 88–90
Watts, Alan, 34
Wave equation, Schrödinger, 93, 96–108, 127, 132, 285
Wave function, 97–100, 103, 106, 272–274, 285–286
collapse of, 98–100, 108, 316 n
quantum mechanics and, 103–107, 129
Wave mechanics, 82, 85–87
Wave-particle duality, 88–90, 116, 118, 119, 142, 219
quantum mechanics and, 88–90, 119, 142
Wave theory of light, 84–86
Wavelengths, 80–82
Waves, 79
amplitude, 80
electromagnetic, 81, 303
electrons and, 119–120, 122–124
frequency, 80–81
ghost, 89
matter, 119, 122, 126, 129, 132
probability, 90, 128
radio, 81, 303
sound, 303
standing, 122–128
particles and, 129
velocity, 81
Weak force, 251, 252
Weizenbaum, Joseph, 50
Wheeler, John, 54, 105–107, 312 n
White hobs, 206
White-light spectrum, 37, 41
Wisdom, knowledge and, 321
Wonder, subjective experience of, 65
World of Elementary Particles, The (Ford), 221 n, 254
Wormholes, 205
Wu Li, defined, 31–34
X-rays, 80
electrons and, 116–117
Yin and yang, 65, 179
Yogis, 240
Young, Thomas, 15, 79, n 85–87, 118, 121
Young’s double-slit experiment, 85–89
Young’s wave theory, 89
Yukawa, Hideki, 16, 244–246, 248
Zen Buddhism, 141, 223–224
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind (Roshi), 141
Zero momentum, 260
Zero rest mass, 223
Zero spin, 299, 301
Zero volume, 205