Quantum Aspects of Life

Quantum Aspects of Life
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Publisher : World Scientific
Total Pages : 469
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ISBN-10 : 9781848162679
ISBN-13 : 1848162677
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Book Synopsis Quantum Aspects of Life by : Derek Abbott

Download or read book Quantum Aspects of Life written by Derek Abbott and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2008 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quantum origin of life? -- Quantum mechanics and emergence -- Quantum coherence and the search for the first replicator -- Ultrafast quantum dynamics in photosynthesis -- Modelling quantum decoherence in biomolecules -- Molecular evolution -- Memory depends on the cytoskeleton, but is it quantum? -- Quantum metabolism and allometric scaling relations in biology -- Spectroscopy of the genetic code -- Towards understanding the origin of genetic languages -- Can arbitrary quantum systems undergo self-replication? -- A semi-quantum version of the game of life -- Evolutionary stability in quantum games -- Quantum transmemetic intelligence -- Dreams versus reality : plenary debate session on quantum computing -- Plenary debate: quantum effects in biology : trivial or not? -- Nontrivial quantum effects in biology : a skeptical physicists' view -- That's life! : the geometry of p electron clouds.


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