Unraveling Reality: Table of Contents

Unraveling Reality   Table of Contents264 pages {Notes}

Unraveling Reality (title page)

The Universe
Galactic Expanse
    Expanding Into…?
    The Milky Way
Black Holes

A Matter of Energy
   Isaac Newton
Unseen Forces
Relativity
Quantum Mechanics
  Quanta
   Packets of Light
   Atomic Breakdown
   Quantum Waves
   Light Information
   The Standard Model
    Mass
   Quanta continued
  Further Afield
   Lattice World
   Hyperuniformity
   The Ground State
    The Dance of Spacetime
   Virtual Particles
   Solitons
   The Stability of Existence
   Ghost Fields
    Quasiparticles
   String Theory
   Nonlocality
   Entanglement
Theory of Everything
A Perfect Balance
     Sight Right for the Light
Transition Inscrutables
Time
Matter & Energy
   The Bomb
   Energy
   Matter

Life’s Story
Vitalism
     Tardigrades
Earth
Cells
  Proteins
   Ribosomes
     Prison-Keeping Proteins
     Hormone Evolution
  Competitive Chromosomes
  Cell Fates
Microbes
  Viruses
   Universal Common Ancestor
     Influenza
     Measles
     Funky Con
Evolution
     Bones
     Overfishing
   Color
     Chameleon Colors
     Frog Strike
     Killifish
     Blind Cave Fish
     Guppy Love
   Staying Fit
   Saltation
    Saltational Scents
   Evolution continued
  Adaptation
     Pointy Eggs
     Lizard Tails
     Anglerfish
   Adaptation continued
  Convergent Evolution
Plants
    Ferns
    Goldenrods & Gallflies
  Flowers
   Light Show
   Mechanical Tricks
   Electrostatic Forces
   Hired Help
  Roots
  Floral Pharmacopeia
Intelligence
   Quorum Sensing
  Microbes
    Altruistic Algae
  Plants
     Choosy Consumers
   Plant Deception
     Parachute Plants
  Animals
   Brains & Neurons
     Ragworms
     Sahara Desert Ant
     Seashore Crabs
     Mosquitoes
     Shrewd Shrews
    Brain Wave Harmony
     Heartbeat Synchrony
    Energyism (tidbit)
   Precocious Knowledge
    Emperor Penguins
   Humans
    The Unreasonable Power of the Mind
     Immunity Images
    Mentation

A Mental World
   Rationality
  Decisions
The Mind
  Conscious & Subconscious
  Of Two Minds
   Schizophrenia
  Well-Being
Knowledge
  Epistemology
   Science
     Physics
    Reductionism
     Genetics
  Laws of Nature
   Mathematics
     Srinivasa Ramanujan
  The Limits of Knowledge
  Falsity

Beyond Phenomena
The Nature of Reality
  Dualism
  Matterism
     Mistakes
     Caring & Control
     Meditation Sutras
    Autism
     Rain Man
Energyism
  Energy
     Alzheimer’s Disease
     Smell
     Vision
     Sleepwalking
     The Cellular Effects of Meditation
Consciousness
Coherence
Existence
  Requisites
     Amazon Mollies
    Beauty
    Actors
Enlightenment

Conclusion

Afterword

Glossary
People
Index