1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002228479707536

Autore

Coornaert, Michel

Titolo

Géométrie et théorie des groupes [e-book] : les groupes hyperboliques de gromov / by Michel Coornaert, Thomas Delzant, Athanase Papadopoulos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : Springer, 1990

ISBN

9783540462941

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 165 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 0075-8434 ; 1441

Classificazione

AMS 57M07

Altri autori (Persone)

Delzant, Thomasauthor

Papadopoulos, Athanase

Disciplina

512.2

Soggetti

Mathematics

Geometry, algebraic

Group theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Risorsa elettronica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783692703321

Autore

Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, <1935->

Titolo

The new physics and cosmology [[electronic resource] ] : dialogues with the Dalai Lama / / edited and narrated by Arthur Zajonc with the assistance of Zara Houshmand ; with contributions by David Finkelstein ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2004

ISBN

0-19-773245-3

0-19-988283-5

1-280-50307-6

0-19-534782-X

1-60256-891-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Collana

Mind and life series

Altri autori (Persone)

ZajoncArthur

HoushmandZara

Disciplina

294.3/375

Soggetti

Physics - Religious aspects - Buddhism

Quantum theory - Religious aspects - Buddhism

Buddhism - Doctrines

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; The Participants; Prelude; 1. Experiment and Paradox in Quantum Physics; 2. Philosophical Reflections on Quantum Realities; 3. Space, Time, and the Quantum; 4. Buddhist Views on Space and Time; 5. Quantum Logic Meets Buddhist Logic; 6. Participation and Personal Knowledge; 7. The Relation between Scientific Knowledge and Human Experience; 8. Investigating the World, Pondering the Mind; 9. New Images of the Universe; 10. Origins of the Universe and Buddhist Causality; 11. Science in Search of a Worldview; 12. Knowing and Suffering; Notes; About the Mind and Life Institute; Index; A

BC; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

What happens when the Dalai Lama meets with five leading physicists and a historian? This book documents their discussions about theoretical quantum physics and Buddhist philosophy. This book is a



contribution to the science-religion interface, and a useful explanation of our basic understanding of quantum reality.