{ "item_title" : "The Quantum Consciousness", "item_author" : [" Giulia de Ponti "], "item_description" : "THE QUANTUM CONSCIOUSNESSThe Secret Connection Between Science, Quantum Physics, Qualia, Healing, and the SoulWhat if consciousness is connected to reality in a way we have not yet learned how to understand?What can Roger Penrose, Stuart Hameroff, Giulio Tononi, and Antonio Damasio tell us about consciousness? And how do their scientific proposals relate to the world of quantum spirituality and healing associated with Deepak Chopra?Quantum physics. The conscious mind. The possibility of a soul. Few subjects inspire greater fascination-or more extraordinary promises.In Quantum Consciousness, Giulia De Ponti explores the boundary between scientific research and the wider cultural claims made in its name. At the centre of the investigation are four influential approaches to consciousness: Roger Penrose challenges computational accounts of the mind through mathematics and the proposed limits of algorithmic understanding.Stuart Hameroff investigates microtubules and the controversial Orch-OR hypothesis developed with Penrose.Giulio Tononi proposes Integrated Information Theory, a framework connecting experience with intrinsic causal organisation.Antonio Damasio approaches the conscious self through the living body, emotion, feeling, and homeostasis.Alongside these approaches, the book examines the cultural and commercial circulation of quantum ideas, including Deepak Chopra's influence within the landscape of wellness and spiritual interpretation.The relationship between these worlds raises difficult questions. How does a scientific hypothesis become a promise about immortality? When does a technical concept become a spiritual metaphor? What happens when the authority of physics is used to support claims about healing, manifestation, or a universe responsive to human intention?Inside this book, you will explore: Superposition, entanglement, measurement, and the misunderstood role of the observer.The hard problem of consciousness and the challenge of explaining subjective experience.The competing approaches of Penrose, Hameroff, Tononi, and Damasio.Deepak Chopra, quantum-inspired wellness, and the cultural appeal of scientific language.The quantum soul, near-death experiences, healing, manifestation, and claims about consciousness beyond the brain.The psychology of belief, the economics of wonder, and the boundaries between evidence, interpretation, and commercial promise.Drawing on her own history of exploring meditation, symbolic practices, and the Law of Attraction, De Ponti brings personal involvement to a critical investigation. She asks what an experience can mean to the person who has it-and what evidence would be needed to establish the explanation offered for it.For readers interested in neuroscience, quantum physics, philosophy of mind, and the relationship between science and spirituality, Quantum Consciousness offers an examination of ideas that connect our deepest intellectual questions with our most powerful hopes.At its heart lies the question that runs through the entire book: Why does a purposeless universe produce minds that ask why?", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/819/498/9798194983780_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "19.99", "online_price" : "19.99", "our_price" : "19.99", "club_price" : "19.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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