The Dynamics of Gender and Life:
Timeless Principles of
Quantum, Fractal and Natural Phenomena,
and Human Social Dynamics
ISBN 978-0-9578537-6-8, paperback, 1st Edition
Dynamics-Gender-Life pbk barcode
The recently published book "The Dynamics of Gender and Life: Timeless Principles of Quantum, Fractal and Natural Phenomena, and Human Social Dynamics" is now available for international deliveries, and at the following bookstores (pbk only)
Early reviews:
The Dynamics of Gender and Life. Just consider the title; it is almost grandiose in its scope, yet the book itself does not disappoint. Stephen Pirie has delineated a whole new paradigm for reality within 150 pages. That in itself is a remarkable achievement.
In the first two sections Pirie repeatedly drew aside curtain after curtain to reveal unexpected wonders. This created a feeling of anticipation as well as suspense. I was eager to read the next page, which always led to further discoveries. I had fun.
Then, in section 3, he began "fleshing out" what had been revealed in the preceding sections. This did not reach the same level of expectation as did the first two sections, but it was necessary for fuller comprehension.
All in all, a wonderful piece of work, which I earnestly hope will reach a vast multitude of readers.
Frank Juszczyk, PhD
Professor Emeritus of English, Western New Mexico University
The following Table of Contents is from "The Dynamics of Gender and Life" (1st Edition, published 22 November 2019).
WHY read this book? ix
Why you might not want to read this book ix
How this book is structured x
Figure 1: The fundamentals of life xi
Easy then, not so much now 1
Section 1: Some helpful tools 3
The KISS-Ockham Tool 3
KEEP IT SIMPLE and SCIENTIFIC 4
The Belief-Habit Cycle 7
Figure 2: The Belief-Habit Cycle 8
Figure 3: Cue: insult. Response: anger 9
Figure 4: Same cue, different response 10
The Belief-Habit Cycle, in more detail 10
Choosing not to choose is still a choice 11
Figure 5: Choices, choosing, chosen 12
Back to belief-systems... 12
Why we choose what we choose 15
Figure 6: Choice of responses 15
Figure 7: For self, for group 17
The right-hemisphere’s ‘Wego’, the left-hemisphere’s ‘Igo’ 18
Why split Ego into ‘Wego’ and ‘Igo’? 21
Figure 8: Wego vs Igo 23
Section 2: Our universe in conversation 24
The SOS Model 24
It’s just us 25
Being limited is good for us. Necessary, in fact 26
Figure 9: To be, or not to be ... naked 27
Figure 10: Inward causation 28
Important consequences of self-organising systems 29
How our brains perceive the SOS 32
Figure 11: Parts and wholes, things and relationships 34
Figure 12: Left-, right- hemisphere perceptions 35
Figure 13: Right-wing focus, left-wing relationships 36
The limitations of left-hemisphere perception 36
Figure 14: The art of forming words 38
The brain as filter and enabler 38
Discover what you don’t know 41
Figure 15: The dual process of left, right-hemispheres 44
Enter the quantum 45
What’s in the gaps? 47
Figure 16: Unlimited to limited, possibilities to actuality 49
Figure 17: Unfolding actuality, enfolding possibility 50
Figure 18: Our refreshing reality 51
Figure 19: Choice, belief, time 52
Figure 20: Barnsley Fern 53
Introduction to the creative process 54
Figure 21: The proCreative cycle 55
Impossible 56
Even so, so what? 58
Time out, recap 59
Opening to possibility 60
Combining the hierarchical (vertical) with the communal (horizontal). 61
Figure 22: Many (possibilities, people). One (individual, result) 62
- Space 62
- Time 63
Figure 23: Unfolding actuality, enfolding possibility 64
Fractals, pre-physical waves and nonlocality 64
Why is the ‘feminine’ correlated with the meta-physical? 68
Deeper forms of ego 70
Figure 24: Ego, Transfinite ego, and ... 71
The interplay of conscious and unconscious 72
Figure 25: Possibility, societal limitations, individual choice 75
Is my transfinite ego (‘soul’), masculine or feminine? 76
Sexing the small bits 79
- Bosons 79
- Fermions 80
Following is an excerpt of Stephen’s latest book “The Dynamics of Gender and Life”.
Imagine the scenario: A man on a train is being loud and abusive and as a result those nearby are anxious and fearful as to what he might do. Then one passenger says to the others, "he’s just lost his wife and children and both his parents in a dreadful motor-vehicle accident”. Then the mood changes from one of condemnation, fear and anger, to one of compassion and understanding.
Knowing ‘why’ involves context, and knowing the context, like that of the man on the train, is vitally important to living with more ease and well-being. It’s important to gaining some peace-of-mind in our troubled world. It’s central to gaining and maintaining optimal ‘mental health’. And it is central to our ability to take action: when we know ‘why’, we know the appropriate ‘how’ with ‘what’, with ‘whom’.
The following INDEX is from the first edition of "The Dynamics of Gender and Life: Timeless Principles of Quantum, Fractal and Natural Phenomena, and Human Social Dynamics" ISBN 978-0-9578537-6-8
Index
Adam and Eve ... 136
Albert Einstein
curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance brought ideas ... 122
Analytical skill
requires 'pulling apart' ... 118
Anomalies
as test of belief-system ... 5
Arthur Schopenhauer
3 stages of truth ... 123
As a jigsaw puzzle
style of book ... 3
Astrology
example of boson-togetherness ... 99
Autism
as extreme masculinity ... 110
historical development ... 137
Belief perseverance
Dr Semmelweis, victim of ... 5
Galileo, victim of ... 5
more noticeable in older folk ... 6
Belief-system
guides choices, emotions, behaviours ... 12
Bell’s Theorem ... 65
Bolte-Taylor, Jill
left-hemisphere brain chatter ... 41
Nirvana, experience of ... 42
