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Nature 437, 819 (6 October 2005) | doi:10.1038/437819a; Published online 5 October 2005
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A quantum recipe for life
Paul Davies1
- Paul Davies is a physicist in the Australian Centre for Astrobiology, Macquarie University, Sydney, and author of The Origin of Life (Penguin, 2003).
Abstract
Sixty years on, Erwin Schrödinger's prediction that quantum mechanics would solve the riddle of how life started has not been fulfilled. But the appeal of using quantum theory to solve the mystery persists.
One of the most influential physics books of the twentieth century was actually about biology. In a series of lectures, Erwin Schrödinger described how he believed that quantum mechanics, or some variant of it, would soon solve the riddle of life.
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