The Quantum and the Lotus: A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet by Trinh Xuan Thuan, Matthieu Ricard

The Quantum and the Lotus: A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet

Trinh Xuan Thuan, Matthieu Ricard

320 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Matthieu Ricard trained as a molecular biologist, working in the lab of a Nobel prize--winning scientist, but when he read some Buddhist philosophy, he became drawn to Buddhism. Eventually he left his life in science to study with Tibetan teachers...

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