Link collection: Buddhism & Quantum Physics
Quantum Physics says:
Matter is compressed energy.
Energy is expanded matter.
The Heart Sutra says:
Form is emptiness.
Emptiness is form.
The following is a first tentative collection of resources on the relation between Quantum Physics (and related fields of science) and Buddhism (and other eastern philosophical systems).
Videos:
Where Science and Buddhism Meet PART 1 & 2
Videos at howstuffworks.com
Books:
- Fritjof Capra: The Tao of Physics
- Bruce Rosenblum, Fred Kuttner: Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness
Online:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_field_theory
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave-particle_duality
- Buddhism and Quantum Physics – A Strange Parallel of Two Concepts of Reality, by Christian Thomas Kohl
– same text as PDF - Adam Frank, a professor of astrophysics at the University of Rochester, a writes about he popular belief that quantum physics theories confirm Buddhist teachings. This is a mistaken view, Professor Frank says.
