The Quantum and the Lotus

A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet

Recommended by Eric Ripert, and 1 others. See all reviews

Ranked #76 in Quantum Mechanics, Ranked #81 in Buddhism

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, and he is now a Buddhist monk and translator for the Dalai Lama, living in the Shechen monastery near Kathmandu in Nepal. Trinh Thuan was born into a Buddhist family in Vietnam but became intrigued by the explosion of discoveries in astronomy during the 1960s. He made his way to the prestigious California Institute of Technology to study with some... more

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