• The Quantum Enigma: A 20-Year Retrospective with Author Fred Kuttner

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    Thousands of books have been written about quantum theory. Originally conceived in the early 20th Century, its successes — and mysteries — continue to make to make news, whether the topic is the latest quantum computer or a new interpretation of the “measurement problem.”  While modern science trumpets the theory’s successes on a practical level, a mystery remains: what does the theory tell us about what is “out-there,” about what the world is made of?  The famous two-slit experiment shows that what we thought were either particles or waves are in fact neither and both. at the same time.  Physicists describe the quantum world by a wave equation; but when we look at things in the world we do not see waves.  Instead, when we make an observation or take a measurement we see not a wave but instead a hard, physical world.  Under one interpretation, an observation is said to “collapse” the wave function. But how does this happen? Of the thousands of books written about quantum theory, The Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness, written by Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner 20 years ago, remains one of the most approachable and thought-provoking books on the topic.  Based on an outline for a popular science course the authors taught to non-science majors, the book introduces the readers to the history, framework, uses, and mysteries of this fascinating topic.  Celebrating the 20th year anniversary of the book’s publication, co-author Fred Kuttner joins host Philip Comella to discuss how Bruce and Fred wrote the book and whether physicists know anything more about the quantum world today than they did when the book was first published.

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Conversations Beyond Science and Religion with Philip Comella

Philip Comella is a lawyer, philosopher, and author of The Heaven at the End of Science: An Argument for a New Worldview of Hope. This book, which started as a college essay in 1974, is the culmination of thirty-five years of research on the big questions of existence. Blending philosophy, science, religion and the paranormal, the book argues that it is time to replace the materialistic model of modern science with a framework that better accounts for the full range of human experience. Mr. Comella is a frequent radio guest, writer, and speaker on the connection between science and religion. He lives with his wife and daughter in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.

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  • Transcendental Judaism

  • Breaking Through the Limits of the Brain with Joseph Selbie

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  • The Reality of Miracles

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Conversations Beyond Science and Religion

Hosted by Philip Comella

Beyond science and religion, there is more to the story of life and the cosmos.
We’ll tackle the big questions of why we are here and where the world may be heading. From quantum physicists and cosmologists to parapsychologists, theologians,  and original thinkers,  we’ll  push the boundaries of current theories and ideas.  Challenging common beliefs and perceptions, host Philip Comella talks with experts and authors to find a new way of looking at the world that goes beyond the current viewpoints of science and religion.