The Quantum and the Lotus : Paperback : Random House USA Inc : 9781400080793 : 1400080797 : 26 Oct 2004 : Matthieu Ricard trained as a molecular biologist, working in the lab of a Nobel prize&;winning scientist, but when he read some Buddhist philosophy, he became drawn to Buddhism. Eventually he left his life in science to study with Tibetan teachers, and he is now a Buddhist monk and translator for the Dalai Lama, living in the Shechen monastery near Kathmandu in Nepal. Trinh Thuan was born into a Buddhist family in Vietnam but became intrigued by the explosion of discoveries in astronomy during the...