  fred alan wolf (born december 3, 1934) is an american theoretical physicist specializing in quantum physics and the relationship between physics and consciousness. he is a former physics professor at san diego state university, and has helped to popularize science on the discovery channel. he is the author of a number of books about physics, including taking the quantum leap (1981), the dreaming universe (1994), mind into matter (2000), and time loops and space twists (2011). wolf was a member in the 1970s, with jack sarfatti and others, of the lawrence berkeley laboratory's fundamental fysiks group founded in may 1975 by elizabeth rauscher and george weissmann.kaiser, david. "lecture: how the hippies saved physics", wgbh pbs, april 28, 2010, from time index 0:04:00, and particularly from time index 0:11:00 and 0:23:00. *kaiser, david. how the hippies saved physics: science, counterculture, and the quantum revival. w. w. norton & co inc., 2011. his theories about the interrelation of consciousness and quantum physics were described by newsweek in 2007 as "on the fringes of mainstream science.""no new thinking in rhonda byrne's publishing phenom 'the secret'", newsweek, february 25, 2007. ==biography== wolf's interest in physics began as a child when he viewed a newsreel depicting the world's first atomic explosion. wolf received his ph.d. in theoretical physics from ucla in 1963 and began researching the field of high atmospheric particle behavior following a nuclear explosion. he has appeared as the resident physicist on the discovery channel's the know zone, was a participant in the pbs series closer to truth,dr. fred alan wolf, part
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