The Science of Energy - (The Language of Truth) by Payman Sattari (Paperback)

About the Book

An award-winning exploration of the relationship between consciousness and physical reality. Sattari reveals how our fragmented understanding evolved and presents a unified framework that restores the observer to the heart of the cosmos.

Book Synopsis

SILVER MEDAL WINNER - NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS (SCIENCE & COSMOLOGY)

THE SCIENCE OF ENERGY

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ -San Francisco Book Review

"Sattari effectively tees up his compelling metaphysical premise... that 'conscious experience is not spooky or mysterious. It is part of the natural order.'" -Kirkus Reviews

For centuries, Western thought has maintained a profound schism in our conception of reality: the seemingly unbridgeable gap between the objective world of matter and the subjective realm of consciousness. This award-winning work examines how this division emerged, why it persists, and presents a compelling framework for reconciliation.

With what Pacific Book Review calls "an engaging blend of clarity and enthusiasm," Sattari traces the development of our understanding from ancient philosophical awakenings through the Scientific Revolution to quantum mechanics and relativity. Throughout this journey, we witness how what began as a unified inquiry gradually fractured, with consciousness and subjectivity increasingly marginalized from our models of reality.

At the heart of Sattari's analysis are the fundamental dualities that characterize our experience: subject and object, continuous and discrete, whole and parts, measurable and immeasurable. Rather than treating these as irreconcilable opposites, he reveals them as complementary aspects of an undivided whole. Drawing from both Eastern and Western traditions, Sattari demonstrates that many paradoxes in our current understanding stem from artificially separating what cannot truly be divided.

This groundbreaking exploration reveals how the methodological choice to exclude the observer-what physicist Erwin Schrödinger called a "simplifying provisional device"-has limited our ability to develop a comprehensive understanding of reality. By reintegrating consciousness into our metaphysical framework, Sattari opens the possibility of a science that speaks not only to the mechanics of the physical world but to the very nature and purpose of conscious experience itself.

The Manhattan Book Review praises this work as "an astute and perceptive exploration of human consciousness, how it relates to and informs reality," while the Midwest Book Review notes it is "not just theoretical... An accessible, enlightening, thought-provoking series of insights."

This compelling work presents a coherent bridge between the material and conscious aspects of reality-a framework that transforms our understanding of ourselves and our place in the cosmos.

Review Quotes

"Sattari offers an excellent and engaging overview of milestones and key discoveries in science, covering Newton, Einstein, Planck, and many others, and he explicates confounding concepts with clarity and drama. While skeptics might argue that some current mysteries will someday be mechanically explained via future scientific discoveries, the author effectively tees up his compelling metaphysical premise... that "conscious experience is not spooky or mysterious. It is part of the natural order."

-Kirkus Reviews

"Sattari delivers with an engaging blend of clarity and enthusiasm. He seamlessly guides readers through the historical evolution of our understanding of energy, from the first efforts of ancient Greece to measure nature, through the Industrial Revolution, and up to our modern understanding of science. It's an ambitious project: to stuff centuries of history into a pamphlet-sized bite of metaphysical theory. What sets The Science of Energy apart is Sattari's ability to distill profound ideas into digestible insights, ensuring readers grasp the fundamental principles without getting lost in the intricacies of scientific jargon."

-Pacific Book Review (Recipient of seal for books of excellent merit.)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5 stars - "The arguments by the author would prove a great topic of discussion among philosophers. Philosophy is a broad subject, and it's always interesting to see someone portray their views with evidence to back them up and not try to impose them on the readers. The author aims to educate, not convince you of his beliefs, which makes the book a good read."

-San Francisco Book Review

"...a clear-sighted and wide-ranging work of scientific and philosophical exploration geared toward experts and laypeople alike... The Science of Energy offers an astute and perceptive exploration of human consciousness, how it relates to and informs reality, and how disciplines such as science, philosophy, and religion intertwine to influence the nature of existence and how it is understood."

-Manhattan Book Review

"The Science of Energy is not just theoretical. Within its examinations of DNA, atoms and cells, and the concurrent development of science and philosophy lies a grounded approach to inquiry that will please readers who normally eschew metaphysical thinking... An accessible, enlightening, thought-provoking series of insights."

-Midwest Book Review