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  Tantric, 220–21, 346–47

  Tibetan, 312, 343, 347

  Zen, 132, 229

  Buddhist Text Translation Society, 266n

  Calculus, logical, 288

  Cameras, computer-triggered, 218

  “Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?” (Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen), 317

  Carbon, 120

  Causality, 43, 70, 125–26, 286–87

  Causes, local, principle of, 320, 325, 329, 331–36

  CERN, 313

  Chain reactions, 175

  Charge, 234n, 335, 270

  Charm, 217n, 234n

  Chemical reactions, human reactions and, 50–51

  Chew, Professor G. F., 266n, 347

  Chlorine, 50

  Christ, 344

  Church, the

  Newton and, 23–24, 30

  physics and, 24

  Circles, 190, 193–96, 198

  circumferences, 194–96

  radii, 193–96

  Circumferences, 194–95

  Classical logic, 291–93, 298–99, 302, 306–307, 311

  subatomic particles and, 291–93

  Classical physics, xxv, 53–54, 150–51, 289–90

  quantum mechanics and, 94–96, 125

  Classical transformation laws, 140, 152, 153–54, 164–65

  Clauser, John, xxi 326, 329, 332, 335

  Clauser-Freedman experiment, xxi 323n, 326–27, 329

  Coherent superposition, 299–300

  Collapse of the wave function, 82–85, 95–96, 330–31n

  Color, Planck’s constant and, 56–57

  Communications, superluminal, 326–28

  Complementarity, 41n, 103, 105, 106, 223–24n, 338, 347

  Compton, Authur, 103–105

  Compton scattering, 104–105

  Computers, 26, 215, 217

  Computer-triggered cameras, 218

  Confucius, 169

  Congruence, 180n

  Consciousness, physics and, xxviii, xxx, 88, 92–93, 96

  Conservation laws, 175–77, 217, 269–71

  subatomic particles and, 268–71

  Conservation laws of family numbers, 270

  Conservation laws of mass-energy, 175, 176, 248, 249, 255, 261–62, 269, 270

  Constant of proportionality, 63

  Continuums, 167–68

  Contrafactual definiteness, 332–33, 336

  Co-ordinate systems, 138–41, 180–82, 187n, 196–97, 202

  inertial, 138–41, 182–84, 186, 194, 198

  non-inertial, 196

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

  Copernicus, Nicolaus, 101, 147, 213–15, 217n

  Correlation, 78–79

  cosmic radiation, 158

  Counter physics, 218n

  cummings, e. e., 291

  Cyclotrons, 236

  Cygnus X-1, 207

  D particles, 228n

  Dass, Ram, 173

  Davisson, Clinton, xx, 107

  Davisson-Germer experiment, 107, 109

  De Broglie, Louis, xx, 106–107, 109, 110, 114, 115, 117–18, 122, 233, 245

  De Broglie’s equation, 107n, 110

  Decay times, 240

  Deceleration, 178

  Definiteness, 336

  contrafactual, 332–33, 336

  Deflection, starlight, 203–204

  Descartes, René, 12, 24, 26, 141, 337

  Detectors, photon, 82. See also Photomultiplier tubes

  Determinism, 37, 333, 336

  Diffraction, 63–66, 134

  electron, 107–108

  Dirac, Paul, xx, 103n, 222, 234–35, 239, 251, 263

  Discontinuous structure of nature, 52–53

  Distributivity, law of, 292–93, 307–10

  Doppler effect, 144n

  Double exposure, 299

  Double-slit experiment, 66–87, 92, 105, 110, 314

  See also Young’s double-slit experiment

  Doublets, 306–307

  Downhill interactions, 269

  Duration, 26

  Dylan, Bob, 133

  Earth

  the moon and, 27

  motion and, 137–39, 145–48

  Eastern literature

  quantum mechanics and, 101

  relativity and, 101

  Eastern religions, 342–48

  Eddington, Arthur, 189, 192n

  Einstein, Albert, xix, xx, xxiv, xxv, 9, 25, 57–60, 118, 121, 142, 216, 290, 316–21, 341

  Bohr and, 290

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

  astronomy and, 201–205

  black hole theory, 205–209

  equations of, 200

  gravity and acceleration, 186–209

  Newtonian physics and, 203–204

  principle of equivalence, 183, 186, 187

  photon theory of light, 72, 104, 106–107, 110, 133–34

  Planck and, 59, 72

  Planck’s constant, 233

  quantum mechanics and, 19, 75, 76, 337n

  quantum nature of light, 57–60, 68, 71

  quantum theory and, 320–21

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

  absolute non-motion and, 151–55

  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, 169–73

  spacecraft analogy, 156–57

  space-time interval, 171–73

  Twin Paradox of, 156–57

  thought experiments of, 162–64, 181–86, 193–96, 318

  time and space, 166–67, 244

  Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) effect, 252n, 316–26, 334n

  Einstein-Rosen bridges, 207

  Einstein’s equation, 107n, 174–75, 219n, 227n

  Electrodynamics, quantum, 251

  Electromagnetic field, 150–51

  Electromagnetic force, 230, 251–54, 260–61

  Electromagnetic radiation, 53–54, 62, 105, 153, 207

  Electromagnetic waves, 62, 318–19

  Electron accelerators, 226

  Electron cloud, 120–21

  Electron diffraction, 107–108

  Electron mass, 226–27

  Electron volts, 227

  Electronic orbits, 57n

  Electron-positron annihilation, 239, 242

  Electrons, 13, 21, 22, 34, 53–54, 226–27

  energy levels of, 114, 116

  gamma rays and, 124

  waves and, 107–109, 110–14

  X-rays and, 104

  Elementary particle theory, 21

  Embrace Tiger, Return to Mountain (Huang), 8

  Emissions, 303–306

  Emulsion physics, 218n

  Energy, xxix

  frequency and, 63, 104

  kinetic, 104, 162, 219, 227, 270

  light and, 186

  mass and, 35, 136, 173–78, 186, 200, 219–20, 227

  mechanical, 176

  organic, physics and, 49

  quanta and, 106

  stellar, 174, 322

  thermal, 176

  Energy absorption, 57

  Energy emission, 57

  Energy packets, 56–57

  Energy radiation, 53

  Enlightenment, 263, 311

  physics and, 283–84

  Entropy, 246

  increasing, 246

  maximal, 246

  Epilepsy, 42

  Epistemology, 288

  Equivalence, principle of, 183, 186, 187

  Esalen Institute, 4–5, 348

  Eta particles, 259

  Ether, theory of, 145–46

  Euclid, 180n, 191, 193, 194

  Euclidean geometry, 180n, 191–96, 311

  Euclidean sp
ace, 171n

  European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), 313

  Event horizon, 206–207

  Everett, Hugh, III, 91–92, 94n

  Everett-Wheeler-Graham theory. See Many Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics

  Exclusion principle, Pauli, 114, 251–52n

  Experience, symbols and, 290, 301, 310

  Experimental physics, 285n

  Fails, locality, 329

  Family numbers, conservation laws of, 270

  Feeder accelerator, 226

  Feynman, Richard, xxi, 239–43, 262

  Feynman diagrams, 239–43, 250, 252, 256–59, 263, 266–67, 275

  Feynman perturbation theory, 248n

  Fields, matter and, 223

  5th Solvay Congress, 40n

  Finkelstein, David, xxi, 4, 205, 206, 219, 272, 290, 291–92, 293, 299, 300, 302, 310–11, 348

  Finnegans Wake (Joyce), 272

  Fission, 175

  FitzGerald, George Francis, xix, 148–49, 154–55

  FitzGerald-Lorentz contraction, 149

  Flower Garland Sutra, 264–66

  Forbidden transitions, 302–303

  Force

  strong, 252–54, 259–61

  weak, 260–61

  See also Gravity

  Ford, Kenneth, 225, 263

  Four-dimensional space-time continuum, 168–69, 193, 199

  Fourth dimension, 168–69

  Frames of reference. See Co-ordinate systems

  Free will, 28, 336

  Freedman, Stuart, xxi, 326, 329, 332, 335

  Frequency, 26, 61–63

  energy and, 63, 104

  Freud, Sigmund, 43

  Friction, 23, 176

  Fundamental Physics Group, 335, 336

  Fusion, 174–75

  laser, 285

  Galaxies, 199, 260

  Galaxy clusters, 199

  Galilean relativity principle, 138–39, 152, 153

  Galilei, Galileo, 6, 12, 24, 26, 31, 119, 138, 140–41, 152, 153, 344

  Gamma rays, 124

  electrons and, 124

  Gas volume, pressure and, 36–37

  Gauge theories, unified, 285n

  Gell-Mann, Murray, 272

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

  Geometry, 190–91, 200

  analytic, 337

  Euclidean, 180n, 191–96, 311

  laws of, 180

  Germer, Lester, xx, 107

  Ghost waves, 71

  Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 214

  Graham, Neill, 91

  Gravitational fields, 185–86, 200

  Gravitational mass, 186, 187

  Gravitational redshift, 204–205

  Graviton, 260–61, 269

  Gravity, 182–209, 219n, 260

  acceleration and, 185–86

  light and, 203–205

  Newton’s law of, 24–26, 138, 182, 186, 201, 203–204

  subatomic particles and, 260

  Great Machine idea, 24, 26, 28, 31, 32, 145, 333

  Greatest lower bound, 308

  Green light, 56, 59, 62

  Guillemin, Victor, 55–56

  Gurus, 247

  Hafele, J. C., 157n

  Hagedorn theory, 246n

  Hamilton, W. R., 121

  Happiness, 284

  Hawking, S. W., 205n

  Heart Sutra, The, 268

  Heisenberg, Werner, xx, xxxv, 22, 29, 72, 86, 108–109, 121–24, 126, 133–34, 214, 220, 224, 225, 287, 291, 317, 338

  Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, 29, 37, 123–26, 233, 248, 256, 261–62, 269, 274, 338

  Helium, 174–75

  Herbert, Nick, 267n

  High-energy particle physics. See Particle physics

  High-energy photons, 59–60

  High-energy virtual photons, 248n

  High-frequency light, 62–63

  Hinduism, 91, 241, 342, 345–46

  Horizon, event, 206–207

  Hua Yen Sutra, 266n

  Huang, Al Chung-liang, 5, 6, 7–8, 9–10, 348

  Hughes, David, 109

  Human reactions, chemical reactions and, 50–51

  Hydrogen, 12–16, 38–39, 114–17, 120, 174–75, 206, 207

  Hydrogen (fusion) bombs, 175

  Hydrogen spectrum, 13–16, 39, 57

  Hypotenuse, the, 169–71

  Idealism, 88

  Identity process, 304

  Imaginary rest mass, 319n

  Increasing entropy, 246

  Index of refraction, 142n, 152n

  Inertial co-ordinate systems, 138–41, 182–84, 186, 194, 198

  Inertial frame of reference. See Inertial coordinate systems

  Inertial mass, 186–87

  Inorganic matter

  organic matter and, 51–52

  Inquisition, the, 24

  Interactions, 105–106, 251, 252, 268–69

  Interference, 68–69, 113, 134

  Interferometers, 146, 154–55

  Invariance, 167, 200n, 271

  Iron, 50

  Isotopic spin, 234n

  James, William, 41n

  Josephson, Brian, 267n, 278n

  Joyce, James, 272

  Jung, Carl, 33, 69n, 328n

  K mesons, 218–19, 240

  Kaon decays, 330

  Kaots, 259, 273, 278

  Keating, R. E., 159n

  Kelvin, Lord, 344

  Kinetic energy, 104, 162, 219, 227, 270

  Knowledge, wisdom and, 337

  Koans, 229, 232

  Kramers, H. A., xx, 72, 118

  Krishna, Lord, 101, 344

  La Place, Pierre-Simon, 205n

  Lambda, particles, 218–19, 240, 270, 273, 278

  Laser fusion, 285

  Lattices, 305–10

  Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL), xxxi, 42, 228n, 236, 326, 335, 343

  Lenard, Philippe, 58–59

  Length

  proper, 155–56

  relative, 155–56

  Lepton member, 234n

  Leptons, 227–28, 233–34, 235, 271

  Light, 33

  double-slit experiment, 66–87, 92, 105, 110, 314

  energy and, 186

  gravity and, 203–205

  green, 56, 59, 62

  high-frequency, 62–63

  interactions, 105–106

  measuring speed of, 154–55

  the Michelson-Morley experiment, 144–50, 151–52, 153, 154, 164, 344

  particle phenomenon, 105–106, 133–34

  polarization of, 293–98, 302–10, 323–26

  quantum mechanics and, 298

  quantum theory and, 324

  quantum nature of, 58–60

  red, 56–57, 59, 62

  velocity of, 62, 135, 136, 142–48, 151–52, 153–55, 318–19

  principle of the constancy of, 151–55, 164–65

  violet, 54, 56–57, 59

  visible, 61

  wave phenomenon, 60, 105–106, 133–34, 318–19

  wave theory of, 65–68

  wave-like, 105

  Light quanta, theory of, 133–34

  Lobachevsky, Nikolai Ivanovich, 180n

  Local causes, principle of, 320, 325, 329, 331–36

  Locality fails, 329

  Logic

  classical, 291–93, 298–99, 302, 306–307, 311

  subatomic particles and, 291–93

  quantum, 285, 291–93, 298, 301, 302, 306–307, 310

  Logical calculus, 288

  Logos, mythos and, 290–92

  Longchenpa, 312

  Lorentz, Hendrik Antoon, xix, 148–49, 154–55, 165

  Lorentz transformations, 148–49, 155, 160, 164

  Low-energy photons, 59–60

  LSD, 225, 247

  Luther, Martin, 24n

  Macroscopic level, 34, 57

  Macroscopic objects, 79n

  Magnetic monopoles, 230n

  Mahayana Buddhism, 266, 267–68

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

  Maps

  space, 236

  space-time, 236–39

  Mass, 200, 226–29

  electron, 226–27

  energy and, 35, 136, 173–78, 186, 200, 219–20, 227

  gravitational, 186–187

  imaginary rest, 319n

  inertial, 186–87

  relativistic, 226

  rest, 162, 226–27

  velocity and, 161–62

  zero rest, 228

  Mass-energy, conservation laws of, 175, 176, 248, 249, 255, 261–62, 269, 270

  Mass/energy dualism, 219n

  Massless particles, 228–29

  Materialism, 88

  Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, The (von Neumann), 286, 287

  Mathematical Theory of Relativity, The (Eddington), 192n

  Mathematics

  physics and, 4, 17

  subatomic particles and, 289–90

  Matrices, 122, 273–78

  Matrix mechanics, 122

  Matter

  fields and, 223

  inorganic, 51–52

  organic, 51–52

  Matter waves, 107, 110, 115, 118, 122

  Maximal entropy, 246

  Maxwell, James Clerk, 136n, 150

  Maxwell’s field equations, 150