{"product_id":"the-science-of-energy","title":"The Science of Energy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSILVER MEDAL WINNER - NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS (SCIENCE \u0026amp; COSMOLOGY)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE SCIENCE OF ENERGY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ \u003cem\u003e-San Francisco Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Sattari effectively tees up his compelling metaphysical premise... that 'conscious experience is not spooky or mysterious. It is part of the natural order.'\" -Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor centuries, Western thought has maintained a profound schism in our conception of reality: the seemingly unbridgeable gap between the objective world of matter and the subjective realm of consciousness. This award-winning work examines how this division emerged, why it persists, and presents a compelling framework for reconciliation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith what \u003cem\u003ePacific Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e calls \"an engaging blend of clarity and enthusiasm,\" Sattari traces the development of our understanding from ancient philosophical awakenings through the Scientific Revolution to quantum mechanics and relativity. Throughout this journey, we witness how what began as a unified inquiry gradually fractured, with consciousness and subjectivity increasingly marginalized from our models of reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of Sattari's analysis are the fundamental dualities that characterize our experience: subject and object, continuous and discrete, whole and parts, measurable and immeasurable. Rather than treating these as irreconcilable opposites, he reveals them as complementary aspects of an undivided whole. Drawing from both Eastern and Western traditions, Sattari demonstrates that many paradoxes in our current understanding stem from artificially separating what cannot truly be divided.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking exploration reveals how the methodological choice to exclude the observer-what physicist Erwin Schrödinger called a \"simplifying provisional device\"-has limited our ability to develop a comprehensive understanding of reality. By reintegrating consciousness into our metaphysical framework, Sattari opens the possibility of a science that speaks not only to the mechanics of the physical world but to the very nature and purpose of conscious experience itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Manhattan Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e praises this work as \"an astute and perceptive exploration of human consciousness, how it relates to and informs reality,\" while the \u003cem\u003eMidwest Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e notes it is \"not just theoretical... An accessible, enlightening, thought-provoking series of insights.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis compelling work presents a coherent bridge between the material and conscious aspects of reality-a framework that transforms our understanding of ourselves and our place in the cosmos.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pragda Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48515720020217,"sku":"9798989627516","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/1811\/7625\/files\/imageloader_271a44a2-9c2a-48f8-b9d8-56fd73f3711e.jpg?v=1781209062","url":"https:\/\/hookeandplotte.com\/products\/the-science-of-energy","provider":"Hooke and Plotte Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}