Cosmos and Consciousness Quantum Computers, Superstrings, Programming, Egypt, Quarks, Mind B... Book

Chapter 1. Introduction
Theme: Nature is Language
Linguistic Quantum Computers
Quantum Grammars
Quantum Computers and Elementary Particle Theory
Ancient Egypt: From Nature to Language
Universal Species-Independent Language
A Linguistic Standard Model & SuperString Theory
Quantum Computer Languages
A Deeper Purpose for Quantum Language Representations of Nature?
The "Word" in Western Religions
Full Circle to a Personalist Physics?

Chapter 2. The Riddle of the Ankh
Conventional Theories of the Ankh's Origin
Comet Theory of the Ankh
Enter the Ankh Comet
Archaeological Evidence for the Comet Theory

Chapter 3. What is Reality?
The Hierarchy of Matter
Matter and Language
NeutrinoMan

Chapter 4. How do We Uncover Reality?
The Generality of Understanding
A Universal Grammar?

Chapter 5. Universality of Language
A non-Species Specific Universal Language?
Other Intelligent Species on Earth
Communicating with Other Earth Species: Dolphins
Can We Communicate with Alien Species: Project SETI?
Languages for Physical Theories
Is There a Best Formulation of a Physics Language?
Why is Mathematics Required in Physical Theories?

Chapter 6. Language in Religion and Mysticism
Language as the Essence of the Universe
Language as Reality - Kabbalah Mystics
Language as Reality - Moslem Mystics
Language as Reality - Christian Mystics
Origin of the Concept of Language as Reality - Egypt
The Ankh as a Cosmic Symbol
The Universe as a Word
Space Travelers Explaining the Universe as a Word - A Parable

Chapter 7. Learning of the Universe Through Physics
The Scientific Method - A Way of Learning
The Road to Quantum Mechanics
Reality and Quantum Mechanics
Sudden Transitions in Our View of Reality - Quarks
Patterns of Physical Discovery
Criteria for the Development of Physical Theories
Simplicity of Physical Theories
Beauty of Physical Theories
Generality of Physical Theories

Chapter 8. Quantum Theory
Quantum Mechanics Provided a Path to the Future
Matter and Probability Waves
The Correspondence Principle
A Theory of Physical Theories
Theories of Everything

Chapter 9. Relativity
Relative Merits of Relativity vs. Classical Mechanics

Chapter 10. The Properties of Matter
The Development of Our Theory of Matter
Discovery of Electron Spin
Discovery of Anti-Particles
Discovery of Isospin
Strangeness - A New Type of Internal Quantum Number
The Discovery of Quarks

Chapter 11. The Standard Model of Elementary Particles
The Families of Matter
Current Problems of the Standard Model
Interactions of the Standard Model
Perturbation Theory and a Language for the Standard Model

Chapter 12. The Linguistic Representation of the Standard Model
Linguistic View of an Interaction
Computer Grammars

Chapter 13. Probabilistic Computer Grammars
Probabilistic Computer Grammars
Quantum Probabilistic Grammar

Chapter 14. Standard Model Quantum Grammar
Grammar Production Rules of Electromagnetism
Production Rules for the Weak and Strong Interactions
The Standard Model Quantum Grammar
The Standard Model Language is Surprisingly Simple

Chapter 15. Quantum Turing Machines
What are Turing Machines?
Features of Normal Turing Machines
Quantum Probabilistic Grammars

Chapter 16. The Standard Model Quantum Computer
The Standard Model Quantum Turing Machine

Chapter 17. Quantum Computers and Fock Space
The Continuum Limit of a Quantum Computer - A Superspace
SuperSymmetric Continuum Quantum Computer
Group Symmetries of Quantum Computers
Particles and Physics Laws Become Bit Patterns
Reality is Reduced to Language
The Meaning of the Standard Model Language
Computer Languages and the Standard Model Language
Equivalence of Continuum Quantum Computers and Second-Quantized Fermi
Fields -
Fock Space
Purpose of the Standard Model Language

Chapter 18. A Superstring Quantum Turing Machine

Introduction
Is SuperString Theory Simpler than the Standard Model?
The Ideas of SuperString Theory
Equivalence of Standard Model & SuperString Theory?
Linguistic Model of SuperString Theory
A Language and Turing Machine for SuperString Theory
Beyond SuperStrings - Hidden Dimensions as Quantum Computer Tapes

Chapter 19. Quantum Computers as the Foundation of Superstrings
Introduction
The Bosonic String Part of a Quantum Computer
The SuperString Part of a Quantum Computer
The Quantum Computer as the Foundation of Heterotic Strings
Is the SuperString Quantum Computer More Fundamental than Coordinate Space
SuperString Theory?
An Ankh as the Symbol for SuperString Quantum Computer Theory

Chapter 20. Quantum Computer Processor Operations and Quantum Computer
Languages
Introduction
Computer Machine and Assembly Languages
Memory
Algebraic Representation of Assembly Languages
Basic Operators of the Algebraic Representation
A Simple Assembly Language Program
Programs and Program Logic
Quantum Assembly Language Programs
Bit-Level Quantum Computer Language
Basic Operators of the Bit-Level Quantum Language
Quantum High Level Computer Language Programs
Quantum C Language
SuperString Quantum Computer Revisited

Chapter 21. Observers, Languages and Personified Physics
Person and Physics
Directed Activity--Free Will
The Distant Future of Physics--Self-Organizing
Example: The "Correct" SuperString Theory
Man as the Model of Personified Physics

Chapter 22. Nature's Reality T. S. Eliott & Nothingness

Chapter 23. A Glimpse of the Eternal?
Cosmos and Consciousness

Chapter 24. Consciousness
A View of Consciousness
Consciousness: Quantum or Classical Probabilistic
The Problem of Consciousness--The Lesson of the Conch
The Current Theory of Consciousness
A Similarity Between Theories of Consciousness and Economic Theory
A Probabilistic Computer (PC) Model of Consciousness
SuperString QC vs. Consciousness PC
Index