
Quantum Evolution
How Physics' Weirdest Theory Explains Life's Biggest Mystery
Johnjoe McFadden(Author)
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
Published on 21. May 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
354 pages
978-0-393-32310-8 (ISBN)
Description
Johnjoe McFadden "enters new and provocative territory in his marriage of physics and biology" (Science News). His simple but staggering theory of quantum evolution shows how quantum mechanics gives living organisms the ability to initiate specific actions, including new mutations. As Paul Davies exclaims, "if these ideas are right, they will transform our understanding of the relationship between physics and biology" and may radically revise the notion of random evolution and the debate over consciousness and free will.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
395 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-32310-8 (9780393323108)
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Person
Johnjoe McFadden is a Reader in Molecular Microbiology at the University of Surrey, England.