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Quantum Biology: An Introduction



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What is quantum biology? Philip Ball explains how strange quantum effects take place in the messy world of biology, and how these are behind familiar biological phenomena such as smell, enzymes and bird’s migration.
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In this guest curated event on quantum biology, Jim Al-Khalili invited Philip Ball to introduce how the mysteries of quantum theory might manifest themselves at the biological level. Here he explains how the baffling yet powerful theory of the baffling yet powerful theory of the subatomic world might play an important role in biological processes.

Philip Ball is a science writer, writing regularly for Nature and having contributed to publications ranging from New Scientist to the New York Times. He is the author of many popular books on science, including works on the nature of water, pattern formation in the natural world, colour in art, and the cognition of music, and he has also broadcast on many occasions on radio and TV.

Jim Al-Khalili is Professor of Theoretical Physics and Professor of Public Engagement in Science at University of Surrey. He is author of several popular science books and appears regularly on radio and television. In 2007, he was awarded the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize for Science Communication.

This event took place at the Royal Institution on 28 January 2015.

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Philip Ball is a science writer, writing regularly for Nature and having contributed to publications ranging from New Scientist to the New York Times.

He is the author of many popular books on science, including works on the nature of water, pattern formation in the natural world, colour in art, and the cognition of music.

He has also broadcast on many occasions on radio and TV.

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21 thoughts on “Quantum Biology: An Introduction
  1. Yes he puts it simply to let people like me who have slept for 17yrs straight with only five hours awake if you would even call it that. People like him make me happy to be alive. Im just trying to catch up. At least a little. Im sooo behind.

  2. We never know anything really we can only try info just comes together through very wonderful people if even one but needing every one. For the betterment of the universe. Entanglement got through to me refered to as love and relations.

  3. It seems like the universe tranfers energy to cause perpetual motion through a great amount of life and death stars dieing causing waves making new stars black wholes ect.

  4. Présentation très très fatiguant. Les informations s' enchaînent l'une après l'autre sans une pause ce qui m 'avais étouffé. Mr très compétent mais c' étais une ratatouille.

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