Quantum Evolution: The New Science of the Life Force - Couverture rigide

McFadden, Johnjoe

 
9780002559485: Quantum Evolution: The New Science of the Life Force
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 000255948X ISBN 13 : 9780002559485
Editeur : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

How did life start? How did something capable of replicating itself emerge from the primordial soup? How did it defy the odds? And how did it carry on seeking out the very mutations that enable survival? Living organisms are controlled by a single molecule - DNA. Yet the study of physics tells us that the behaviour of single molecules is also controlled by the laws of quantum mechanics. The implications of this for biology result in Johnjoe McFadden's theory of quantum evolution. He shows how living organisms have the ability to will themselves into action. Indeed, such an ability may be life's most fundamental attribute. This has radical implications. Evolution may not be random at all, as recent evolutionary theories have taught: rather, cells may, in certain circumstances, be able to choose to mutate particular genes that provide an advantage in the environment in which the cell finds itself.

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À propos de l?auteur

Johnjoe McFadden is a Reader in Molecular Microbiology at Surrey University and editor of Britain's leading text book on Molecular Biology. For over 10 years, Dr McFadden has specialised in examining tuberculosis and meningitis genes. He is the inventor of the first successful test for meningitis (which received worldwide press, radio and TV coverage) and was leader of another team, the first to successfully use artificial life computer programmes to model key transition stages in evolution (also covered by the media). This is his first book for a popular audience.

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Éditeur
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
000255948X
ISBN 13 
9780002559485
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
WordUnited GmbH
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