From Chemistry to Consciousness

Harald Atmanspacher, PhD, is a staff member at Collegium Helveticum, ETH and the University of Zurich. He is also President of the Society for Mind-Matter Research and Editor-in-Chief of its journal "Mind and Matter". He has pioneered advances in complex dynamical systems research and in the scientific study of consciousness. Ulrich Müller-Herold is professor emeritus of the ETH Zurich Department of Environmental Systems Science. His research activities have covered algebraic quantum mechanics, prebiotic chemistry, ecological risk prevention and the molecular structure of liquid water.

Introduction (H. Atmanspacher, U. Müller-Herold).- Hans Primas and His Early Pathway (R. Ernst).- Hans Primas - An Inspiring Teacher (G. Bodenhausen).- Theoretical Chemistry and More: Personal Annotations to Hans Primas and His Work (U. Müller-Herold).- Superselection Rules (D. Giulini).- Primas, Emergence, and Worlds (W. Seager).- Contextual Emergence of Deterministic and Stochastic Descriptions (R. Bishop, P. beim Graben).- Aspects of Algebraic Quantum Theory: A Tribute to Hans Primas (B. Hiley).- Non-Commutative Structures from Quantum Physics to Consciousness Studies (H. Atmanspacher).- List of Publications by Hans Primas.