The Architecture of Knowledge: Quantum Mechanics, Neuroscience, Computers and Consciousness (History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization Volume 13)

This book synthesizes research in quantum physics, neuroscience, computers, and biology to present a general framework for our modern understanding of knowledge. The details of this architecture are best understood in terms of cognitive categories. The book describes the relation of this understanding to the emerging science of consciousness. Since consciousness has been a central preoccupation of Indic thought, this work has implications for a proper understanding of Indic literature.

About the Author

Subhash Kak is a world-renowned scientist and historian of ideas. Currently Delaune Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Professor in the Asian Studies Program at Louisiana State University, he has authored fourteen books and more than 250 research papers in the fields of information theory, quantum mechanics, neural networks, and the history of science. He was awarded the Science Academy Medal and the Goyal Prize, and he was the National Fellow of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla during 2001-2002.