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Quantum Evolution: How Physics' Weirdest Theory Explains Life's Biggest Mystery

Johnjoe McFadden

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Johnjoe McFadden "enters new and provocative territory in his marriage of physics and biology" . 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.

Language: English

Pages: 354

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton Company

Release: May 17, 2002

ISBN: 0393323102

ISBN 13: 9780393323108

Quantum Evolution: How Physics' Weirdest Theory Explains Life's Biggest Mystery

Johnjoe McFadden

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Johnjoe McFadden "enters new and provocative territory in his marriage of physics and biology" . 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.

Language: English

Pages: 354

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton Company

Release: May 17, 2002

ISBN: 0393323102

ISBN 13: 9780393323108

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