Hidden Dimensions: The Unification of Physics and Consciousness

B. Alan Wallace

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

"Insightful . . . interesting and thought-provoking." — 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. He then earned his undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, in physics and the philosophy of science at Amherst College, and his doctorate in religious studies from Stanford University. His Columbia University Press books are Mind in the Balance: Meditation in Science, Buddhism, and Christianity, Contemplative Science: Where Buddhism and Neuroscience Converge, and Buddhism and Science: Breaking New Ground (editor). A prolific writer who has translated numerous Tibetan Buddhist texts, he is the founder and president of the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies (http://www.sbinstitute.com).

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