Fred Alan Wolf

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main otherScript error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Fred Alan Wolf (born December 3, 1934) is an American theoretical physicist specializing in quantum physics and the relationship between physics and consciousness. He is a former physics professor at San Diego State University, and has helped to popularize science on the Discovery Channel. He is the author of a number of physics-themed books including Taking the Quantum Leap (1981), The Dreaming Universe (1994), Mind into Matter (2000), and Time Loops and Space Twists (2011).[1]

Wolf was a member in the 1970s, with Jack Sarfatti and others, of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory's Fundamental Fysiks Group founded in May 1975 by Elizabeth Rauscher and George Weissmann.[2] His theories about the interrelation of consciousness and quantum physics were described by Newsweek in 2007 as "on the fringes of mainstream science."[3]

Biography

Born into a Jewish family,[4] Wolf's interest in physics began as a child when he viewed a newsreel depicting the world's first atomic explosion. Wolf received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from UCLA in 1963 and began researching the field of high atmospheric particle behavior following a nuclear explosion.[5] He has appeared as the resident physicist on the Discovery Channel's The Know Zone, was a participant in the PBS series Closer to Truth,[6] and has appeared on radio talk shows and television shows across the United States and abroad.[5] He also appeared in the films What the Bleep Do We Know!? (2004),[7] The Secret (2006) and Spirit Space (2008).[8] He has lectured on subjects related to quantum physics and consciousness since the 1960s, often under the name Dr. Quantum or Captain Quantum.[9] He is also featured in the documentary about the Dalai Lama, titled Dalai Lama Renaissance.[10]

His book Taking the Quantum Leap: The New Physics for Nonscientists won a 1982 U.S. National Book Award in Science.[11][lower-alpha 1]

He has taught at San Diego State University, the University of Paris, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the University of London, University of Paris at Orsay and Birkbeck College, London.[12]

Works

Books
  • Taking the Quantum Leap: The New Physics for Nonscientists (September 1981) Harper Perennial (Revised edition January 25, 1989) Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN
  • Space-Time and Beyond (1982, with Bob Toben and Jack Sarfatti) Paperback by Bantam; (July 1, 1983) Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN
  • Star Wave: Mind, Consciousness and Quantum Physics (1984) Macmillan Publishing co. Template:ISBN.
  • Mind and the New Physics (1985) Heinemann Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN
  • The Body Quantum: The New Physics of Body, Mind and Health (1986) Macmillan Pub Co Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN
  • Parallel Universes: The Search for Other Worlds (1988) Simon & Schuster (Reprint edition February 15, 1990) Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN
  • The Eagle's Quest: A Physicist's Search for Truth in the Heart of the Shamanic World (1991) Touchstone (Reprint edition November 1, 1992) Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN
  • The Dreaming Universe : A Mind-Expanding Journey Into the Realm Where Psyche and Physics Meet (1994) Simon & Schuster Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN
  • The Spiritual Universe: One Physicists Vision of Spirit, Soul, Matter, and Self (1996) Published by Simon & Schuster. (Moment Point Press; 2Rev Ed edition October 1, 1998) Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN[13]
  • Mind into Matter: A New Alchemy of Science and Spirit (2000) Moment Point Press Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN
  • Matter Into Feeling: A New Alchemy of Science and Spirit (2002) Moment Point Press Template:ISBN, 9781930491007
  • The Yoga of Time Travel: How the Mind Can Defeat Time (2004) Quest Books Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN[14]
  • The Little Book of BLEEPS by William Arntz and Betsy Chasse (November 2004) (Wolf contributor/interviewed) Captured Light Distribution Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN
  • Dr. Quantum's Little Book of Big Ideas: Where Science Meets Spirit (2005) Moment Point Press Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN
  • What the BLEEP Do We Know!? - Discovering the Endless Possibilities For Altering Your Everyday Reality by William Arntz, Betsy Chasse & Mark Vincente (November 1, 2005) (Wolf contributor/interviewed) HCI Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN
  • Dr. Quantum in the Grandfather Paradox (with Etan Boritzer) (2007) Elora Media Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN
  • Time Loops and Space Twists (2010) Hierophant Publishing Template:ISBN
  • "El Retorno de los sabios" Coautor Jose Ignacio Carmona(2013) Template:ISBN
Films
  • What the Bleep Do We Know!? (2004) Lord of the Wind Films, LLC
  • What the BLEEP – Down the Rabbit Hole - Quantum Edition Multi-Disc DVD Set (2006) Lord of the Wind Films, LLC
  • The Secret (2006) Prime Time Productions
  • Dalai Lama Renaissance (2007) Wakan Films
  • Spirit Space (2008) WireWerks Digital Media Productions
  • Rabbit Hole (film) (2010). Wolf's name is visible on a book on parallel universes, an important concept in the film.
Audio
  • Dr. Quantum Presents: A User's Guide To Your Universe (2005) Sounds True Audio CD (Template:ISBN)
  • Dr. Quantum Presents: Meet the Real Creator—You! (2005) Sounds True Audio CD (Template:ISBN)
  • Dr. Quantum Presents: Do-It-Yourself Time Travel (2008) Sounds True Audio CD (Template:ISBN)

See also

Notes

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References

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  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Kaiser, David. "Lecture: How the Hippies Saved Physics" Template:Webarchive, WGBH PBS, April 28, 2010, from time index 0:04:00, and particularly from time index 0:11:00 and 0:23:00.
    • Kaiser, David. How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival. W. W. Norton & Co Inc., 2011.
  3. ↑ "No New Thinking in Rhonda Byrne's Publishing Phenom 'The Secret'", Newsweek, February 25, 2007.
  4. ↑ David Ian Miller, FINDING MY RELIGION / Fred Alan Wolf from "What the Bleep Do We Know?" on spirituality, SFGate, 4 April 2005
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  6. ↑ Dr. Fred Alan Wolf Template:Webarchive, participant in Closer to Truth
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  11. ↑ "National Book Awards – 1982". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
  12. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  13. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". review of "The Spiritual Universe: One Physicists Vision of Spirit, Soul, Matter, and Self" by Lawrence B. Crowell, Committee for Skeptical Inquiry online, publishers of "Skeptical Inquirer." viewed Feb. 26, 2007
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