by Matthieu Ricard, Trinh Xuan Thuan · Crown · tapa dura · ISBN 9780609608548
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«The Quantum and the Lotus» is the popular science essay by Matthieu Ricard and Trinh Xuan Thuan, published by Crown in hardback (320 pages, in English).
The book reproduces the dialogue between a molecular biologist turned Buddhist monk and an astrophysicist from a Buddhist family, which arose from an epistolary exchange. It addresses the origin of the universe, time, quantum reality and consciousness, and shows the correspondences between Buddhism and contemporary science.
Work previously published as «L'infini dans la paume de la main»; this edition includes scientific and Buddhist glossaries, bibliography and index.
For readers interested in the intersection between science and spirituality and in the dialogue between contemporary physics and Buddhist thought.
Matthieu Ricard is a Nepalese French writer, photographer, translator and Buddhist monk who resides at Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery in Nepal.
