Fred Alan Wolf

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Fred Alan Wolf
Photograph of Fred Alan Wolf
Fred Alan Wolf circa 2005
Born (1934-12-03) December 3, 1934 (age 89)
Nationality American
Education PhD in theoretical physics, 1963
Alma mater University of California, Los Angeles
Occupation Physicist, science writer
Website www.fredalanwolf.com

Fred Alan Wolf (born December 3, 1934) is an American theoretical physicist specializing in quantum physics and the relationship between physics and consciousness. He is a former physics professor at San Diego State University, and has helped to popularize science on the Discovery Channel. He is the author of a number of books about physics, including Taking the Quantum Leap (1981), The Dreaming Universe (1994), Mind into Matter (2000), and Time Loops and Space Twists (2011).[1]

Wolf was a member in the 1970s, with Jack Sarfatti and others, of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory's Fundamental Fysiks Group founded in May 1975 by Elizabeth Rauscher and George Weissmann.[2] His theories about the interrelation of consciousness and quantum physics were described by Newsweek in 2007 as "on the fringes of mainstream science."[3]

Biography

Wolf's interest in physics began as a child when he viewed a newsreel depicting the world's first atomic explosion. Wolf received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from UCLA in 1963 and began researching the field of high atmospheric particle behavior following a nuclear explosion.[4] He has appeared as the resident physicist on the Discovery Channel's The Know Zone, was a participant in the PBS series Closer to Truth,[5] and has appeared on radio talk shows and television shows across the United States and abroad.[4] He also appeared in the films What the Bleep Do We Know!? (2004),[6] The Secret (2006) and Spirit Space (2008).[7] He has lectured on subjects related to quantum physics and consciousness since the 1960s, often under the name Dr. Quantum or Captain Quantum.[8] He is also featured in the documentary about the Dalai Lama, titled Dalai Lama Renaissance.[9]

His book Taking the Quantum Leap: The New Physics for Nonscientists won a 1982 U.S. National Book Award in Science.[10][lower-alpha 1]

He has taught at San Diego State University, the University of Paris, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the University of London, and Birkbeck College, London.[11]

Works

Books
Films
  • What the Bleep Do We Know!? (2004) Lord of the Wind Films, LLC
  • What the BLEEP – Down the Rabbit Hole - Quantum Edition Multi-Disc DVD Set (2006) Lord of the Wind Films, LLC
  • The Secret (2006) Prime Time Productions
  • Dalai Lama Renaissance (2007) Wakan Films
  • Spirit Space (2008) WireWerks Digital Media Productions
  • Rabbit Hole (film) (2010). Wolf's name is visible on a book on parallel universes, an important concept in the film.
Audio

See also

Notes

  1. This was the 1982 award for paperback Science. From 1980 to 1983 in National Book Awards history there were dual hardcover and paperback awards in most categories, and multiple nonfiction subcategories. Most of the paperback award-winners were reprints of books eligible for previous awards; this one was original.

References

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  2. Kaiser, David. "Lecture: How the Hippies Saved Physics", WGBH PBS, April 28, 2010, from time index 0:04:00, and particularly from time index 0:11:00 and 0:23:00.
    • Kaiser, David. How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival. W. W. Norton & Co Inc., 2011.
  3. "No New Thinking in Rhonda Byrne's Publishing Phenom 'The Secret'", Newsweek, February 25, 2007.
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  5. Dr. Fred Alan Wolf, participant in Closer to Truth
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  8. http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/fred-wolf-june-05.shtml
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  10. "National Book Awards – 1982". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
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  12. [1] review of "The Spiritual Universe: One Physicists Vision of Spirit, Soul, Matter, and Self" by Lawrence B. Crowell , Committee for Skeptical Inquiry online, publishers of "Skeptical Inquirer." viewed Feb. 26, 2007
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