Book Description
What happens when the Dalai Lama meets with leading physicists and a historian? This book is the carefully edited record of the fascinating discussions at a Mind and Life conference in which five leading physicists and a historian (David Finkelstein, George Greenstein, Piet Hut, Arthur Zajonc, Anton Zeilinger, and Tu Weiming) discussed with the Dalai Lama current thought in theoretical quantum physics, in the context of Buddhist philosophy. A contribution to the science-religion interface, and a useful explanation of our basic understanding of quantum reality, couched at a level that intelligent readers without a deep involvement in science can grasp. In the tradition of other popular books on resonances between modern quantum physics and Zen or Buddhist mystical traditions--notably The Dancing Wu Li Masters and The Tao of Physics, this book gives a clear and useful update of the genuine correspondences between these two rather disparate approaches to understanding the nature of reality.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The New Physics and Cosmology: Dialogues with the Dalai Lama is an illuminating record of a Mind and Life conference in which five leading physicists and a historian (David Finkelstein, George Greenstein, Piet Hut, Arthur Zajonc, Anton Zeilinger, and Tu Weiming) discuss with the Dalai Lama current thought in quantum physics and Buddhist philosophy. The participants share a commitment to openness and inquiry into the philosophical implications of the new science. Contributing to the science-religion interface, these animated discussions offer new insights into our basic understanding of reality. The dialogues will appeal to students of eastern religion and physics alike, as they reveal a clear update of the genuine correspondences among these rather disparate approaches to exploring the nature of reality.

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