Quantum Mechanics and the Paradoxes of Consciousness

Nikonov Alexander Petrovich – the author of more than two dozen artistic and popular science books. Being just five minutes away from becoming a candidate of sciences, he abandoned his written dissertation and left science first for journalism, and then for writing, where he has achieved considerable success: he became a laureate of the awards of the Union of Journalists of Russia (2001) and the Union of Journalists of Moscow (2002). For his contribution to domestic culture, he was awarded the Pushkin Medal (1999), and for the book "The Upgrade of the Monkey" he received the Belyaev Prize (2005).
In his new book, the author discusses the mysterious world of quantum mechanics – the most surprising, hard-to-explain, and least understood chapter in the book of physics. Quantum mechanics is known not only for studying the very foundation of the universe, that is, the basis of our world, but also for being the first division of physics where modern science has encountered the observer, that is, consciousness. Therefore, the consideration of this science is impossible without a considerable dose of existentialism and metaphysics – attempts to understand what consciousness, being, and reality essentially are. In world literature, there have been no attempts to answer of this kind, which the author offers. This is a completely new perspective on the philosophy of quantum mechanics.