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Line 20: ==Biography== Born into a [[Jewish]] family,<ref>David Ian Miller, ''[http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/FINDING-MY-RELIGION-Fred-Alan-Wolf-from-What-3176730.php FINDING MY RELIGION / Fred Alan Wolf from "What the Bleep Do We Know?" on spirituality]'', [[SFGate]], 4 April 2005</ref> Wolf's interest in physics began as a child when he viewed a newsreel depicting the world's [[Trinity test\|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]].<ref name=faw>{{cite web\|url=http://www.fredalanwolf.com/#AK\|title=Welcome to the Parallel Universes of Dr. Fred Alan Wolf AKA Dr. Quantum\|last=Wolf\|first=Fred Alan}}</ref> 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]]'',<ref>[http://cttdev.gps.caltech.edu/participants/fwolf Dr. Fred Alan Wolf] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213070759/http://cttdev.gps.caltech.edu/participants/fwolf/ \|date=2007-02-13 }}, participant in [[Closer to Truth]]</ref> and has appeared on radio talk shows and television shows across the United States and abroad.<ref name=faw /> He also appeared in the films ''[[What the Bleep Do We Know!?]]'' (2004),<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.whatthebleep.com/\|title=''What the Bleep?'' website}}</ref> ''[[The Secret (2006 film)\|The Secret]]'' (2006) and Spirit Space (2008).<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.spiritspacemovie.com/\|title=''Spirit Space'' website}}</ref> He has lectured on subjects related to quantum physics and consciousness since the 1960s, often under the name Dr. Quantum or Captain Quantum.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/fred-wolf-june-05.shtml \|title=Archived copy \|accessdate=2007-06-20 \|deadurl=yes \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184429/http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/fred-wolf-june-05.shtml \|archivedate=2007-09-30 \|df= }}</ref> He is also featured in the documentary about the [[Dalai Lama]], titled ''[[Dalai Lama Renaissance]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.dalailamafilm.com/\|title=''Dalai Lama Renaissance Documentary Film'' website}}</ref> His book ''Taking the Quantum Leap: The New Physics for Nonscientists'' won a 1982 U.S. [[National Book Award]] [[List of winners of the National Book Award#Science\|in Science]].<ref name=nba1982>