Hidden Dimensions: The Unification of Physics and Consciousness

B. Alan Wallace

September, 2007
Cloth, 176 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14150-5
$24.50 / £14.50

"I recommend Hidden Dimensions to all interested in the most illusive of phenomena, human consciousness and its relationship with the rest of the universe." — Rob Harle, Metapsychology

"An ambitious book . . . timely and important reading for anyone interested in consciousness. " — Daniel S. Rizzuto, Journal of Consciousness Studies

"Uniquely authoritative book. I know of no other work on this subject with these attributes. " — Chris Clarke, Network Review

"Insightful . . . interesting and thought-provoking . . . Recommended." — CHOICE

"A concise, challenging, and likely controversial work that eloquently articulates both critical perspectives on and positive suggestions for the current study of consciousness." — William Waldron, Middlebury College

"This is a wonderful, strongly argued, and long-overdue book that challenges many of the 'idols' of our own time. It is an original contribution to the literature, one which not only compares Buddhist philosophy with Western science but which sets out to do far more. It includes first-person, meditative inquiry as an essential part of its method, and does so in an intelligent and sophisticated manner. In this book B. Alan Wallace makes an important and provocative foray into an arena and an approach to research that has been explored far too little." — Arthur Zajonc, Andrew Mellon Professor of Physics, Amherst College, and author of The New Physics and Cosmology: Dialogues with the Dalai Lama

Related Subjects

• Asian Religion
• Philosophy of Science
• Science

Series

• Columbia Series in Science and Religion

About the Author

B. Alan Wallace spent fourteen years as a Buddhist monk, ordained by H. H. the Dalai Lama, and then earned his undergraduate degree in physics and philosophy at Amherst College and his doctorate in religious studies at Stanford University. He has translated numerous Tibetan Buddhist texts and is the author of several original works, including Contemplative Science: Where Buddhism and Neuroscience Converge, and is the editor of Buddhism and Science. He is the founder and president of the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies (sbinstitute.com), which is devoted to scientific, philosophical, and contemplative inquiry into the nature and potentials of consciousness.

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