Understanding Space, Time and Causality: Modern Physics and Ancient Indian Traditions
Autor B.V. Sreekantan, Sisir Royen Limba Engleză Hardback – 4 dec 2019
First of its kind, this book will be an essential read for scholars and researches of philosophy, Indian philosophy, philosophy of science, theoretical physics and social science.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780367198701
ISBN-10: 0367198703
Pagini: 128
Ilustrații: 8
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge India
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0367198703
Pagini: 128
Ilustrații: 8
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge India
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
PostgraduateCuprins
Foreword by Baldev Raj. Preface. 1. Introduction 2. Pertinent Issues in Modern Physics 3. Reality in Modern Physics 4. Indian Philosophical Traditions 5. Summary and Conclusions Appendix I: Dialogue among various traditional scholars and scientists Appendix II: On the Nature of Reality: Albert Einstein in Conversation with Rabindranath Tagore Appendix III: One of the fundamentals of Hinduism. NASADIYASUKTA: Rig Vedic Hymn of Creation References
Notă biografică
B. V. Sreekantan is Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, India, and Chairman at Gandhi Centre of Science and Human Values of the Bhavan, Bengaluru, India. He was former Director of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India. An experimental physicist, Professor Sreekantan is a fellow of all three science academies in India — Indian Academy of Science, Indian National Science Academy and National Academy of Science. His areas of research interests include philosophy of sciences, particularly the scientific and philosophical studies on consciousness.
Sisir Roy is Visiting Professor and Senior Homi Bhabha Fellow at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, India. A theoretical physicist, he was former Professor at Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India. His areas of research interests include quantum reality and reality as discussed by various schools of Indian philosophy, including Buddhist ones; quantum entanglement and metaphysics of relations as expounded by Dharmakiri, Bartrahari, Utpalacharya and Pravacandra; bacterial communications and consciousness; and the role of noise in various meditation practices in India.
Sisir Roy is Visiting Professor and Senior Homi Bhabha Fellow at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, India. A theoretical physicist, he was former Professor at Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India. His areas of research interests include quantum reality and reality as discussed by various schools of Indian philosophy, including Buddhist ones; quantum entanglement and metaphysics of relations as expounded by Dharmakiri, Bartrahari, Utpalacharya and Pravacandra; bacterial communications and consciousness; and the role of noise in various meditation practices in India.
Descriere
This book examines issues related with the concepts of space, time and causality in the context of modern physics and ancient Indian traditions. It looks at similarity & convergence of these concepts of modern physics with those discussed in ancient Indian wisdom and brings together the methodology of empiricism and introspection.