Recommended Reading

*WARNING* Reading the following books may make your brain frequently fuzzy.

The Psychologist General warns readers about the depths their minds may travel, and they are solely responsible for its safe return.As requested, here’s a list of books I’ve (re)read about or strongly related to quantum physics.

Overview, Philosophy (beginner)
Beyond the Quantum- Michael Talbot
The Holographic Universe -Michael Talbot
The Conscious Universe: Part and Whole in Modern Physical Theory -Menas Kafatos and Robert Nadeau
The Tao of Physics -Fritjof Capra
Parallel Universes: The Search for Other Worlds -Fred Alan Wolf
Mysticism and the New Physics -Michael Talbot

Moderately Technical, but digestible (intermediate)
The Emperor’s New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics -Roger Penrose
Relativity Visualized -Lewis Carrol Epstein
The Quantum World -J. C. Polkinghorne
Infinity and The Mind: The Science and Philosophy of the Infinite -Rudy Rucker
Longing For The Harmonies: Themes and Variations From Modern Physics -Fran Wilczek and Betsy Devine

Human Experience, Consciousness, Psychology
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience -Mihaly Csilszentmihalyi
The Quantum Self: Human Nature and Consciousness Defined by the New Physics -Danah Zohar
Bioenergetics (The revolutionary therapy that uses the language of the body to heal the problems of the mind) -Alexander Lowen
Synchronicity: The Bridge Between Matter and Mind -F. David Peat
Recovering the Soul: A Scientific and Spiritual Search -Larry Dossey

Autobiographical
Breakfast At Victory: The Mysticism of Ordinary Experience -James P. Carse
Uncommon Wisdom: Conversations with Remarkable People -Fritjof Capra
“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”: Adventure of a Curious Character -Richard P. Feynman
Disturbing the Universe -Freeman Dyson

Ecology
Steps To An Ecology of Mind -Gregory Bateson
Mind and Nature -Gregory Bateson
Angels Fear -Gregory Bateson and Mary Catherine Bateson