From Chemistry to Consciousness The Legacy of Hans Primas
This book reflects on the significant and highly original scientific contributions of Hans Primas. A professor of chemistry at ETH Zurich from 1962 to 1995, Primas continued his research activities until his death in 2014. Over these 50 years and more, he
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From Chemistry to Consciousness The Legacy of Hans Primas
From Chemistry to Consciousness
Harald Atmanspacher Ulrich Müller-Herold •
Editors
From Chemistry to Consciousness The Legacy of Hans Primas
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Editors Harald Atmanspacher Collegium Helveticum ETH Zurich Zürich Switzerland
ISBN 978-3-319-43572-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-43573-2
Ulrich Müller-Herold CHN E 24 ETH Zentrum Zürich Switzerland
ISBN 978-3-319-43573-2
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Contents
Hans Primas and His Early Pathway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Ernst
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Hans Primas—An Inspiring Teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geoffrey Bodenhausen
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Theoretical Chemistry and More: Personal Annotations to Hans Primas and His Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ulrich Müller-Herold
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Superselection Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Domenico Giulini
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Primas, Emergence, and Worlds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Seager
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Contextual Emergence of Deterministic and Stochastic Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert C. Bishop and Peter beim Graben
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Aspects of Algebraic Quantum Theory: A Tribute to Hans Primas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Basil J. Hiley Non-commutative Structures from Quantum Physics to Consciousness Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Harald Atmanspacher Publications by Hans Primas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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