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
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