03545nam a22004935i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001500153072001600168072001500184072002300199072001500222072001400237100007700251245011400328250001800442264006900460300006500529336002600594337002600620338003600646347002400682505045600706520145801162650002502620650002102645650002602666650002602692650001802718650002702736650002102763650004402784650002702828650001802855710003402873773002602907776003602933776003602969856004603005978-3-031-65259-2DE-He21320251030113119.0cr nn 008mamaa241001s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830316525927 a10.1007/978-3-031-65259-22doi 4aQC5.56-6.4 7aPDA2bicssc 7aPH2bicssc 7aSCI0750002bisacsh 7aPDA2thema 7aPH2thema1 aHassani, Sadri.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10aQuanta in Distressh[electronic resource] :bHow New Age Gurus Kidnapped Quantum Physics /cby Sadri Hassani.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aXVII, 213 p. 20 illus., 9 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 aChapter 1: Of gods, goddesses, and philosophers -- Chapter 2: Sins of the fathers -- Chapter 3: Certainty of the probable -- Chapter 4: Pathway to quantum mysticism -- Chapter 5: Quantum consciousness crosses the Atlantic -- Chapter 6: Eastern plague of the sixties -- Chapter 7: Inventing modern physics -- Chapter 8: The Standard Model -- Chapter 9: Are you the universe -- Chapter 10: Messenger is not the message -- Chapter 11: What is to be done.  aThis book deconstructs and debunks the lucrative and widespread marriage of quantum physics with pop-spirituality while tracing this pernicious strain of pseudoscience to its source: the founders of quantum mechanics themselves. The association of mystical ideas with modern physics in the self-improvement industry is not new. The “spookiness” of quantum properties like uncertainty and entanglement has proven fertile ground for new-age mystics and alternative medicine advocates who saw a way to put a scientific veneer on their claims. In the early days, the founders of quantum physics accused it of implying an observer-created reality. Later, Taoists and Wu Li dancers were quantized. Then ancient Indian medicine, Ayurveda, morphed into “quantum healing.” Little wonder The Oprah Winfrey Show told its viewers: think about losing weight, making more money, and falling in love, and you’ll become thin, wealthy, and happily married … all based on quantum physics. Criticism of the pseudoscientific misappropriation of quantum physics has been widespread but inadequate; thus far, the scientific community has failed to account for its own role in the fusion of pop-spirituality and quantum physics. As well as thoroughly exploring and debunking quantum mysticism, this book traces the development of quantum mysticism and pulls no punches in exposing the unwitting role of quantum theory’s founders in propagating quantum mysticism. 0aPhysicsxPhilosophy. 0aQuantum physics. 0aAlternative medicine. 0aReligion and science. 0aSpiritualism.14aPhilosophy of Physics.24aQuantum Physics.24aComplementary and Alternative Medicine.24aReligion and Sciences.24aSpiritualism.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303165258508iPrinted edition:z978303165260840uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65259-2