Meaning of Life and the Universe (ePub)

-->The scope of this extraordinary selection of essays, distilled from nearly a thousand works that the author has written, is literally the entire universe and universe of knowledge. It charts the author's quest for the meaning of life faced with a dominant knowledge system she regards as incoherent, meaningless, and often acting against people and planet. She shows how contemporary scientific findings across all disciplines already provide an authentic knowledge system that's coherent with life and the universe. The aim is to transform science thoroughly from inspiration to research to applications that work for people and planet.This book is simply unique in its scope and content. There is no equivalent. The author surveys and explains contemporary science in depth ranging over philosophy, anthropology, quantum physics and chemistry, neurobiology, psychology, genetics and epigenetics, cosmology, art, humanities, and mathematics. It presents a truly holistic view of nature, with profound implications for life in the social, political, and personal realm. -->Contents:Anthropology, Philosophy & Psychology:Natural Being and Coherent Society;Towards an Indigenous Western Science: Causality in the Universe of Coherent Space-Time Structures;Organism and Psyche in a Participatory UniverseEvolution, Genetics and Epigenetics:Epigenetics and Generative Dynamics;Nurturing Nature;No Genes for Intelligence in the Fluid Genome;Natural versus Artificial Genetic Modification and Perils of GMOs;Non-Random Directed Mutations and Quantum ElectrodynamicsConsciousness and Neuroscience:The Biology of Free Will;Quantum Coherence and Conscious Experience;Why Say 'Consciousness'?Art and Science:Significant Form in Science and Art;Why Beauty is Truth and Truth BeautyThermodynamics of Sustainability:Sustainable Cities as Organisms: A Circular Thermodynamics PerspectiveQuantum Electrodynamics of Water and Life:Water the Means, Medium and Message of Life;Illuminating Water and Life: Essay in Honour of Emilio Del GiudiceFractal Mathematics and the Fabric of Nature:Story of Phi;Space-Time is Fractal and Quantum Coherent in the Golden Mean --> -->Readership: Suitable for a whole range of readership — including school kids, undergraduates researchers, science enthusiasts of all ages, generally people who love science. Also specifically undergraduate students in cell biology, biophysics, biochemistry and quantum mechanics. -->Quantum Universe, Quantum Consciousness, Knowing and BeingUnique in scope and contentAuthor considered a major paradigm shifterPresents a radically holistic view of knowledge and life