Quantum Evolution: How Physics' Weirdest Theory Explains Life's Biggest Mystery.JOHNJOE MCFADDEN Johnjoe McFadden (born 17 May 1956 in Donegal, Ireland) is an Irish / British scientist, academic and writer. He is Professor of Molecular Genetics at the University of Surrey, United Kingdom. Life He was born in Donegal, Ireland but raised in the UK. In their effort to explain the nature and the origin of life, scientists are reductionists, examining cells, DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. , and proteins in an attempt to understand biology. McFadden takes this bottom-up approach one step further and ties quantum mechanics quantum mechanics: see quantum theory. quantum mechanics Branch of mathematical physics that deals with atomic and subatomic systems. It is concerned with phenomena that are so small-scale that they cannot be described in classical terms, and it is to the development of life and its evolution. By examining biological and physical theories of what life is, its limitations, and how it emerged in the universe, McFadden lays a foundation for approaching life's questions at the quantum level Quantum levels are fixed levels with a logarithmic, descending quantum pattern in the visible spectrum of light that can be observed through a spectrometer while looking at intense flows of electricity through the various halides on the periodic table in a vacuum tube. . Clear overviews of microbiology and quantum theory aid McFadden's explanation of the possible role of quantum measurement in cellular development and the implications of such a phenomenon on free will, evolution, and the emergence of consciousness. Originally published in hardcover in 2001. W.W. Norton & Co., 2002, 338 p., b&w illus., paperback, $16.95. |
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