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The book deals with expounding the nature of Reality as it is understood in contemporary times in Quantum Physics.� It also explains the classical Indian theory of�??nya�in its diverse facets. Thereafter it undertakes comparison between the two which is an area of great topical interest.� It is a cross-disciplinary study by erudite Indian and western scholars between traditional Indian knowledge system and contemporary researches in Physical sciences.� It points out how the theory of �??nyat?�has many seminal ideas and theories in common with contemporary Quantum Physics.� The learned authors have tried to dissolve the �mysteries� of Quantum Physics and resolved its �weird paradoxes� with the help of theory of�??nyat?. The issue of non-separability or entanglement has been approached with the help of the Buddhist theory of�Prat?tyasamutp?da. The paradoxical situation of �wave-particle duality� has been explained with the help of Upani?adic theory of complementarity of the two opposites. The measurement problem represented by �Schrodinger�s cat� has been dealt with by resorting to two forms of the calculation of probabilities. Some writers have argued for�??nyat?-like non-essentialist position to understand quantum reality. To make sense of quantum theory some papers provide a happy symbiosis of technical understanding and personal meditative experience by drawing multifarious parallels. This book will be of interest to philosophically inclined physicists and philosophers with interest in quantum mechanics.� � � � ��Typham this is the title: Quantum Reality and Theory of ??nya