Quantum Physics and Life: How We Interact with the World Inside and Around Us

ISBN-13: 9789814968287 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 160 str.

Sweden) Wendin Goeran (Chalmers University of Technology

Opis

This book presents glimpses of how the physics of atoms and molecules influences, and even controls, the way our cells function and how we interact with our environment.

Spis treści

1. Life and Quantum Physics 2. Our World Is Just a Small Part of the Whole 3. The Gecko and Life Upside Down 4. The Quantized World 5. Evolution: About the Origin of Life 6. From the Big Bang to Black Holes 7. As Time Goes By: The Arrow of Time 8. The Art of Finding Your Way Back Home 9. The Vision in New Light 10. Photosynthesis and the Golf Putt 11. The Respiratory Chain Sustains Our Lives 12. A Sense of Smell 13. DNA Repair: A Matter of Survival and Development 14. Quantum Physics in Diagnostics and Therapy 15. Not More Mysterious Than Necessary 16. Consciousness: The Greatest Mystery 17. A Glance at the Future of Quantum and Life