Focus
Darwin and physics
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- March 2009 Volume 5 No 3 pp161-235
Darwin and physics? The relevance of Darwin's ideas in physics, the wider context of Darwin's legacy and the controversy that rumbles on are explored in a special collection of articles marking the anniversary of the theory of evolution.
Editorial
What's the big idea? - p161
FREE ACCESSdoi:10.1038/nphys1206
It is not obviously the business of a physics journal to mark the anniversary of a major development in biology. But the repercussions of Darwin's theory of evolution are relevant to all.
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Commentary
A noble conception pp162 - 163
Michael Shermer
doi:10.1038/nphys1207
Science can explain many things in the natural world. Although the laws of gravity, the origin of galaxies and the Universe are commonly accepted, the theory of evolution is still questioned by some. There are clear reasons for why that is, and why it need not be so.
Full text -Fishing the Fermi sea | PDF (2,861KB) - Fishing the Fermi sea
A quantum of natural selection pp164 - 166
Seth Lloyd
doi:10.1038/nphys1208
The modern evolutionary synthesis, which marries Darwin's theory of natural selection with Mendel's genetics, was developed around the same time as quantum mechanics. Is there any connection between the two?
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Thesis
Sense of history - p167
Mark Buchanan
doi:10.1038/nphys1209
Full text - Integrated nanoelectronics for the future | PDF (802KB) - Integrated nanoelectronics for the future
Books and Arts
Modern Classic pp169 - 170
Patrick Goymer reviews On the origin of species by Charles Darwin.
doi:10.1038/nphys1210
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Cause for celebration p170
Dan Csontos
doi:10.1038/nphys1211
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Progress Article
Quantum Darwinism - pp181 - 188
Wojciech Zurek
doi:10.1038/nphys1202
Quantum Darwinism describes the proliferation, in the environment, of multiple records of selected states of a quantum system — an approach that has resulted in considerable progress towards a solution of the quantum measurement problem.
Abstract - The emergence of spin electronics in data storage | Full text - Integrated nanoelectronics for the future | PDF (802KB) - Integrated nanoelectronics for the future
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