# The Quantum and the Lotus

Canonical: https://www.bookquiver.com/matthieu-ricard/the-quantum-and-the-lotus/9781400080793

![The Quantum and the Lotus](https://quivercdn.com/covers/crown/matthieu-ricard/the-quantum-and-the-lotus_978-14-0008-079-3.jpg?v=2026-06-18%2021%3A23%3A32)

- Book: [The Quantum and the Lotus](https://www.bookquiver.com/matthieu-ricard/the-quantum-and-the-lotus) ([The Quantum and the Lotus.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/matthieu-ricard/the-quantum-and-the-lotus.md))
- Authors: [Matthieu Ricard](https://www.bookquiver.com/matthieu-ricard), [Trinh Xuan Thuan](https://www.bookquiver.com/trinh-xuan-thuan)
- Publisher: crown
- ISBN: 978-14-0008-079-3
- Pages: 320
- Published: 2004-10-26
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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...