books like this I could study for hours.

This isn't particularly one that you sit and read in one go but it was interesting to keep coming back to it with a highlighter and tabs and make notes

The Universe Within is a book that works on the premise that the human brain mirrors the structure of the universe. The author wishes to demonstrate why this is the case. However, as a nin-expert in both physics and neurolgy, this book was extremely challenging to read. The writer professes a sympathy with the basic premises of Esoteric Buddhism as well as Western Hermeticism (As above, so below). This writer is on a mission: to propose a theory of everything, taking us beyond Hawking, beyond Einstein, beyond Kant, to a universe where there is room for what lies beyond science.

This theory is known as the Brain-Universe Isomorphism Framework (B-U IF).*\0/*. There have been similar theories, but this Melvin Felton's. As such this book reads more like a PHD paper rather than something that could be accessible to a layperson.

The excitement at being at the frontier of what is known still comes across though, as Felton sets forward the hypothesis that the universe is holographic and comprises of ten dimensions, then one more.. Here be dark matter, bosons, neutrinos and gluons.

The second part of the book then exores the structure of the human brain with its neocortex, thalamus and hippocampus, and how these can be seen, according to quantum physics, precisely why the brain is truly a microcosm of the universe.

Felton may or may not have truly found the theory of everything, but this reader is not really qualified to say either way.. It is other physiciatsttbat Felton is probably more interested in convincing. The precept 'As above, so below' is less likely to wash with a pretty hide-bound scientific community, though Felton does at least stand on the shoulders of the likes of Robert Landza and Frithjof Capra, amongst others.

Interestingly, this author rejects the idea of a conscious God on high directing things. Rather, the idea is put forth that the beauties of nature and symmetry are the product of a dreaming god. In fact, Felton suggests we are most god-like because we can decide that we want to experience inife. Life is all about saving experience to memory, that's what life is all about.

I give this book a 5 for its exhaustive scholarship. It will be interesting to see whether in the future this book will be judged as worthy of taking its place next to Hawking and Einstein, as well as Lanza and Capra.

A comprehensive review of current physics understanding and cosmology paired with current neuroscience data. Our author postulates that these fields. could learn from one another through parallels that can be drawn between them and the concept of self-similarity of fractal geometry. I appreciate that the author does not spend too much time harping on his theory and more on review of physics and neuroscience. This volume makes a great introduction or review of these topics that is well organized and approachable for those with even just a basic interest in either. Kudos to the author for make both topics easier to understand.