When Matter Became Mind

How the Universe Created Consciousness of Itself

Dana Xavier Kerola (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

201 Seiten

2025 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-0364-5443-2 (ISBN)

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This book is a scientific story that chronicles the origin and evolution of the mutually connected physical and mental aspects of our universe. This work examines, in an engaging way, two of the greatest mysteries in all of science and philosophy – the origin of the universe itself and the nature of human consciousness. The author invites the reader to travel with him mentally to ponder the deep question "Why is there something rather than nothing?"The author infuses memories of events in his own life to showcase the marvelous "magic" of human memory. The book also reveals the sheer power of rational thought embodied in great achievements by the likes of Georg Cantor with his proof of distinct levels of mathematical infinity, and Kurt Gödel in the formulation of his Incompleteness Theorems that lie at the root of our ability to gain absolute knowledge about the universe.This educationally entertaining work will appeal to a broad spectrum of readers from scientist-authors and educators to anyone who is seeking to discover a new "cosmic perspective" they each might adopt for themselves.

Dana X. Kerola received a BS degree in physics from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA, and an MA degree in astronomy from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His PhD degree is in atmospheric sciences from the University of Arizona (UA), USA. While finishing his studies at UA, and as a postdoctoral researcher there, he was with the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. Following that, as an Atmospheric Scientist, Dr Kerola was employed with Northrop Grumman Corporation and then at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He returned to Tucson in 2011, where he continues to teach physics and astronomy with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA.The author has had a number of technical papers published in prominent physical science journals (e.g., Icarus, MNRAS, and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing) relating to his former research specialty of radiative transfer physics. In addition, on a popular level, his previous book Inside Out, also by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, was released in 2009.

Erscheinungsdatum	20.09.2025
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10	1-0364-5443-6 / 1036454436
ISBN-13	978-1-0364-5443-2 / 9781036454432
Zustand	Neuware