Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 / How Real Are the Elementary Particles? 16
6. 2 / The Emergence of Complexity AND AN INTERVIEW WITH MATTHIEU RICARD 50
7. 3 / Toward the Complexity of Life 73
8. 4 / How Life Unfolds AND AN INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD GERE 110
9. 5 / The Magic of the Human Genome and Its Ethical Problems AND AN INTERVIEW WITH HIS HOLINESS THE KARMAPA 140
10. 6 / From Consciousness to Ethics 166
11. 7 / Last Words 194
12. About the Mind and Life Institute 201
13. Notes 207
14. Index 211