Things and Concepts




Brief attempt about quantum and wholeness

The turn of the century saw the introduction of a new term in science: the quantum. This had become necessary because experimental measurements in the order of magnitude below molecules yielded results that could not be explained by classical physics. In addition, the phenomena occurring in these experiments cannot be clearly characterized as waves or particles and are also quantized, i.e. they are not continuous but occur in discrete stages of change, the quantum.
The short experiment on the quantum follows the ideas of the most radical thinkers through 100 years of physics history, finds parallels with them to Far Eastern mysticism and shows us a possible place in the impenetrably empty universe.



Brief attempt about chaos and beauty

The word chaos originally comes from Greek mythology and meant the yawning maw that leads to the underworld. But even in antiquity, Plato reinterpreted the term to mean the initial emptiness of the universe before things existed in it. Chaos was therefore the unformed primordial substance. In our modern usage, chaos means something like confusion or disorder and therefore has negative connotations.
This short essay on chaos traces the history of the term and, together with the scientific protagonists, finds unexpected order and harmony in the confusion. And in the end, a possible explanation for our visual fascination with nature.

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Since I started my first website in the year 2000, I’ve written and published ten books in the German language about photographing the amazing natural wonders of the American West, the details of our visual perception and its photography-related counterparts, and tried to shed some light on the immaterial concepts of quantum and chaos. Now all this material becomes freely accessible on this dedicated English website. I hope many of you find answers and inspiration there. My books are on www.buecherundbilder.de

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