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What Is Life?
Author(s) -
Kauffman Stuart
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
israel journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1869-5868
pISSN - 0021-2148
DOI - 10.1002/ijch.201500003
Subject(s) - chemistry , realm , quantum , theoretical physics , subject (documents) , nanotechnology , quantum mechanics , physics , library science , materials science , computer science , political science , law
Some standard ideas about the origin of life based on classical physics and chemistry are described. The subject of the quantum world and growing evidence for quantum biology is broached, and the apparently real Poised Realm, hovering reversibly between quantum and “classical” worlds, is discussed.