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| The Field Updated Ed: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe | 
 enlarge | Author: Lynne Mctaggart
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  126 reviews
Sales Rank: 2958
Media: Paperback
Edition: Updated
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 006143518X
Dewey Decimal Number: 001
EAN: 9780061435188
ASIN: 006143518X
Publication Date: January 1, 2008
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 Amazing information June 9, 2008
Lynn McTaggart has managed to take a difficult subject and make it extremely interesting, as well as informative and educational. Physics is on the move, and discovery is coming fast. How does it affect us? Read this book, then make sure to get her next one, The Intention Experiment. How exciting to see the changes in the power of the mind knowledge. It's no longer hocus pocus, it's been proven.
 Good to read, bad as scientific proof June 5, 2008
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Definitely NOT a book for science readers.
This book has been written for the spiritual, for faithful believers in healing, clairvoyance, psychokinesis and other spiritual gifts; the reason is because the book says what these people would like to read: scientific evidence of what they believe in.
Many times throughout the book, the author claims experiments' results as scientific proof for a given fact, when the truth is that the author doesn't have a clue on the meaning of scientific proof. She mentions tons of experiments supporting certain theories but there are no specific details to really grasp the reliability of those experiments, and they essentially reflect the experimenters tendency to interpret the results in a way that support their theories.
Just to give you an exaggerated example of her style, she writes things like, "I won five times in a row in a dice game, much more that I could have by chance, so that's scientific evidence of the power of my conciousness and my special future-guessing talents".
On the other hand the author talks about quantum physics throughout the book, as if she had a PhD on the subject, but no one that has spent less that 5 years studying physics full time can claim to really understand what all those quantum and relativistic theories really mean. This is very misleading because people usually think there's a link between quantum physics and conciousness, when all these links are just theories and, so far in history, none of them has proven a solid argument.
A good thing about the book is the fact that it summarizes pretty well many areas of research of paranormal activities, and it provides accurate historical data about personalities that have been involved in such studies, furthermore it's an great start off for those who would like to find out more about specific topics.
 Interesting Information - Annoyed By The Writing Style May 25, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I found much of this book to be interesting. It attempts to collect data on the science behind energy physics. Many of the scientists that stumbled on discoveries were ostracized by their peers and their research funding withdrawn, because their discoveries flew in opposition with commonly held thought.
That is still occurring today.
The scientific equipment that was designed to measure each of these phenomena were facinating. The finding that everything, including humans, emits photons and that a diseased body emits photos at higher rates than healthy individuals was enlightening, as was the information on how DNA holds energy. It definitely made me want to learn more.
Again this is hard science.
However, the New Age portions added towards the end are not supported by science...which made them out of place in this book. Even The Secret DVD attempted to map those discoveries to New Age ideologies towards the end of the movie. Why can't the data speak for itself without someone trying to claim it as a datapoint for their belief agenda?
I found the discription of each of these gentlemen a bit annoying. Who cares is they were attractive and women threw themselves at them? That was just weird bent to the authors writing...and I found myself routinely advancing past this dribble.
All in all, a worthwhile book. It's still in my library.
 interesting but not an easy read May 13, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is full of interesting information, and cutting edge ideas based on new research into physics. However, I found it quite hard-going at times - the author's style isn't particularly readable. I often had to grit my teeth in determination just to make it to the end of a chapter - and unfortunately I gave up about two-thirds way through the book. I think this would be a great book in the hands of a more entertaining writer.
Thought provoking May 3, 2008
I found this book to be very interesting, although you have to really think about what you're reading. It's truly fascinating what's going on at the quantum level and I think McTaggart did a good job of explaining it.
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