Life on the edge : the coming of age of quantum biology / Johnjoe McFadden and Jim Al-Khalili.
By: McFadden, Johnjoe.
Contributor(s): Al-Khalili, Jim.
New York : Crown Publishers, c2014Description: xi, 351 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780307986818 (hardcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Biology | Life cycles (Biology) | Quantum biochemistryGenre/Form: Print books.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | QP517.Q34 M34 2014 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000004030 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- What is life? -- The engines of life -- The quantum beat -- Finding nemo's home -- The butterfly, the fruit fly and the quantum robin -- Quantum genes -- Mind -- How life began -- Quantum biology: life on the edge of a storm -- Epilogue: quantum life.