The Architecture of Knowledge: Quantum Mechanics, Neuroscience, Computers and Consciousness

The Architecture of Knowledge: Quantum Mechanics, Neuroscience, Computers and Consciousness

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Book Specification

Item Code: IDE244
Author: Subhash Kak
Publisher: Centre for Studies in Civilizations
Language: English
Edition: 2004
ISBN: 9788187586135
Pages: 364
Cover: Hardcover
Other Details 8.9" X 5.9"
Weight 590 gm

Book Description

From the Jacket:

This book synthesizes research in quantum physics, neuroscience, computers, and biology to present a general framework of our modern understanding of knowledge. The details of this architecture are best understood in terms of cognitive categories. The book describes the relation of this understanding to the emerging science of consciousness. Since consciousness has been a central preoccupation of Indic thought, this work has implications for a proper understanding of Indic literature.

About the Author:

Subhash Kak is a world renowned scientist and historian of ideas. Currently Delaune Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Professor in the Asian Studies Program at Louisiana State University, he has authored fourteen books and more than 250 research papers in the fields of information theory, quantum mechanics, neural networks, and history of science. He was awarded the science Academy Medal and the Goyal Prize, and he was the National Fellow of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimal during 2001-2002.

CONTENTS

Preface vii
1. Introduction 1
2. Ancient and Modern Cosmologies 15
3. Mind and Brain 61
4. The Quantum Basis of Reality 93
5. Mind, Physics, and Information Processing 122
6. Codes and Organization 141
7. The Immune Self 163
8. Consciousness States 184
9. Constructing Reality 207
10. Consciousness Science in Ancient India 248
11. Evolution and Origins 273
12. Conclusion 295
Notes 301
References 311
Index


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