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Linking physiological mechanisms of coherent cellular behaviour with more general physical approaches towards the coherence of life
Author(s) -
Jaeken Laurent
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
iubmb life
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.132
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1521-6551
pISSN - 1521-6543
DOI - 10.1080/15216540601001699
Subject(s) - coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , quantum , theoretical physics , physics , property (philosophy) , quantum mechanics , field (mathematics) , statistical physics , epistemology , philosophy , mathematics , pure mathematics
Schrödinger pointed out that one of the most fundamental properties of life is its coherent behaviour. This property has been approached from a physiological point of view by Ling in his 'association‐induction hypothesis' and extended by Pollack (gel‐sol theory), by Chaplin and by Kaivarainen (detailed studies of cellular water). The question of coherence has also been attacked from general physics in three independent approaches: from non‐linear thermodynamics (Fröhlich), from quantum field theory (Del Giudice and his group) and from quantum mechanics (Davydov). In this paper all these approaches are unified. The emerging picture constitutes a new paradigm of life.iubmb Life, 58: 642 ‐ 646, 2006