Physics and spirituality: the next grand unification?

Physics Education 22:15–19 (1987)
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This paper argues that there is no good reason to suppose that the current physical laws represent the end of the road for science. Taking due account of experience, and especially mystical experience, may lead to an extension of science involving a synthesis of scientific and spiritual knowledge.

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Wholeness and the implicate order.David Bohm - 1980 - New York: Routledge.
Wholeness and the Implicate Order.David Bohm - 1980 - New York: Routledge.
Wholeness and the Implicate Order.David Bohm - 1981 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 32 (3):303-305.

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