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Oltre tre millenni di conquiste scientifiche in un unico, grande disegno: ecco l''ambizioso scopo di questo caposaldo della divulgazione, che ci conduce alla scoperta della vera natura di spazio e tempo attraverso la stupefacente armonia tra i dati fisici e le idee matematiche che li interpretano. Grazie a un''indiscussa capacità divulgativa, Penrose rende accessibili e intriganti i segreti dell''universo, permettendoci di contemplare in un quadro unitario gli elementi che regolano il delicatissimo equilibrio della nostra esistenza: i "mattoni costitutivi" della realtà. Con una scrittura accattivante, grande precisione e una dose di preziosa ironia, Penrose affronta i misteri della natura, da elementi microscopici quali i quark fino a fenomeni meno conosciuti dello spazio, come i buchi neri. Un''imperdibile introduzione alle leggi del mondo in cui viviamo, per ripercorrere la sfida intellettuale che ha dischiuso all''uomo i meccanismi dell''universo.

The Quantum Physics of the Mind, Explained. Table of Contents 1. The Universe, Quantum Physics, and Consciousness. Subhash Kak, Head, Department of Computer Science, Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma. 2. Quantum Reality and Mind. Henry P. Stapp, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California. 3. Cosmos and Quantum: Frontiers for the Future. Menas Kafatos, Schmid College of Science, Chapman University. 4. Neoclassical Cosmology and Menas Kafatos''s "Cosmos and Quantum: Frontiers for the Future" Theodore Walker Jr., Southern Methodist University, Perkins School of Theology, Dallas, Texas, USA. 5. Can Discoverability Help Us Understand Cosmology? Nicholas Beale, Director of Sciteb: One Heddon Street, London. 6. On Meaning, Consciousness and Quantum Physics. Yair Neuman, and Boaz Tamir, Office for Interdisciplinary Research Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Israel Institute for Advanced Research Rehovot, Israel. 7. Quantum Reality and Evolution Theory. Lothar Schafer, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arkansas. 8. Four Perspectives on Consciousness. Varadaraja V. Raman, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. 9. Synchronicity, Quantum Information and the Psyche. Francois Martin, Ph.D., Federico Carminati, Giuliana Galli Carminati, Laboratoire de Physique Theorique et Hautes Energies, Universities Paris. Department of Physics, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland. 10. Speculations about the Direct Effects of Intention on Physical Manifestation. Imants Baru s, Department of Psychology, King''s University College at The University of Western Ontario. 11. Consciousness and Quantum Measurement: New Empirical Data. York H. Dobyns, Department of Electrical Engineering, Engineering Quadrangle, Princeton University, Princeton. 12. Consciousness and Quantum Physics: A Deconstruction of the Topic Gordon 1Globus, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Philosophy, University of California. 13. Logic of Quantum Mechanics and Phenomenon of Consciousness Michael B. Mensky, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. 14. A Quantum Physical Effect of Consciousness Shan Gao, Unit for HPS & Centre for Time, SOPHI, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia 15. The Conscious Observer in the Quantum Experiment Fred Kuttner and Bruce Rosenblum, Physics Department, University of California, Santa Cruz. 16. Does Quantum Mechanics Require A Conscious Observer? Michael Nauenberg, Physics Dept. University of Califonia Santa Cruz. 17. Consciousness Vectors Steven Bodovitz, BioPerspectives, San Francisco, CA. 18. Quantum Physics, Advanced Waves and Consciousness Antonella Vannini and Ulisse Di Corpo, Lungotevere degli Artigiani, Rome, Italy. 19. The Quantum Hologram And the Nature of Consciousness Edgar D. Mitchell and Robert Staretz 20. Consciousness in the Universe: Neuroscience, Quantum Space-Time Geometry. Sir Roger Penrose, Stuart Hamerof 21. Quantum Physics and the Multiplicity of Mind: Split-Brains, Fragmented Minds, Dissociation, Quantum Consciousness. R. Joseph, Twenty-one Conscious Raising Articles, 300 Mind Expanding Pages, from the Top Experts in the World, Peer Reviewed, and Originally Published in Journal of Cosmology.

Spinor and Twistor Methods in Space-Time Geometry introduces the theory of twistors, and studies in detail how the theory of twistors and 2-spinors can be applied to the study of space-time. Twistors have, in recent years, attracted increasing attention as a mathematical tool and as a means of gaining new insights into the structure of physical laws. This volume also includes a comprehensive treatment of the conformal approach to space-time infinity with results on general-relativistic mass and angular momentum, a detailed spinorial classification of the full space-time curvature tensor, and an account of the geometry of null geodesics.