05343nam 2200649Ia 450 991077793660332120230721021953.01-84816-255-3(CKB)1000000000767654(EBL)1193722(SSID)ssj0000519602(PQKBManifestationID)12185051(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000519602(PQKBWorkID)10508615(PQKB)11258377(MiAaPQ)EBC1193722(WSP)00002031 (Au-PeEL)EBL1193722(CaPaEBR)ebr10688173(CaONFJC)MIL498384(OCoLC)696629755(EXLCZ)99100000000076765420080703d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrQuantum aspects of life[electronic resource] /editors, Derek Abbott, Paul C.W. Davies, Arun K. Pati ; foreword by Roger PenroseLondon Imperial College Press ;Hackensack, NJ ;London Distributed by World Scientificc20081 online resource (468 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84816-267-7 1-84816-253-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; Part 1: Emergence and Complexity; 1. A Quantum Origin of Life? Paul C. W. Davies; 1.1. Chemistry and Information; 1.2. Q-life; 1.3. The Problemof Decoherence; 1.4. Life as the "Solution" of a Quantum Search Algorithm; 1.5. Quantum Choreography; Acknowledgements; References; 2. Quantum Mechanics and Emergence Seth Lloyd; 2.1. Bits; 2.2. Coin Flips; 2.3. The Computational Universe; 2.4. Generating Complexity; 2.5. A Human Perspective; 2.6. A QuantumPerspective; References; Part 2: Quantum Mechanisms in Biology3. Quantum Coherence and the Search for the First Replicator Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe McFadden3.1. When did Life Start?; 3.2. Where did Life Start?; 3.3. Where did the Precursors Come From?; 3.4. What was the Nature of the First Self-replicator?; 3.5. The RNAWorld Hypothesis; 3.6. A Quantum Mechanical Origin of Life; 3.6.1. The dynamic combinatorial library; 3.6.2. The two-potential model; 3.6.3. Decoherence; 3.6.4. Replication as measurement; 3.6.5. Avoiding decoherence; 3.7. Summary; References4. Ultrafast Quantum Dynamics in Photosynthesis Alexandra Olaya Castro, Francesca Fassioli Olsen, Chiu Fan Lee, and Neil F. Johnson4.1. Introduction; 4.2. A Coherent Photosynthetic Unit (CPSU); 4.3. Toy Model: Interacting Qubits with a Spin-star Configuration; 4.4. A More Detailed Model: Photosynthetic Unit of Purple Bacteria; 4.5. Experimental Considerations; 4.6. Outlook; References; 5. Modelling Quantum Decoherence in Biomolecules Jacques Bothma, Joel Gilmore, and Ross H. McKenzie; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Time and Energy Scales; 5.3. Models for Quantum Baths and Decoherence5.3.1. The spin-bosonmodel5.3.1.1. Independent boson model; 5.3.2. Caldeira-Leggett Hamiltonian; 5.3.3. The spectral density; 5.4. The Spectral Density for the Different Continuum Models of the Environment; 5.5. Obtaining the Spectral Density from Experimental Data; 5.6. Analytical Solution for the Time Evolution of the Density Matrix; 5.7. Nuclear Quantum Tunnelling in Enzymes and the Crossover Temperature; 5.8. Summary; References; Part 3: The Biological Evidence; 6. Molecular Evolution: A Role for Quantum Mechanics in the Dynamics of Molecular Machines that Read and Write DNA Anita Goel6.1. Introduction6.2. Background; 6.3. Approach; 6.3.1. The information processing power of a molecularmotor; 6.3.2. Estimation of decoherence times of the motor-DNA complex; 6.3.3. Implications and discussion; References; 7. Memory Depends on the Cytoskeleton, but is it Quantum? Andreas Mershin and Dimitri V. Nanopoulos; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Motivation behind Connecting Quantum Physics to the Brain; 7.3. Three Scales of Testing for Quantum Phenomena in Consciousness; 7.4. Testing the QCI at the 10 nm-10 μm Scale7.5. Testing for Quantum Effects in Biological Matter Amplified from the 0.1 nm to the 10 nm Scale and BeyondThis book presents the hotly debated question of whether quantum mechanics plays a non-trivial role in biology. In a timely way, it sets out a distinct quantum biology agenda. The burgeoning fields of nanotechnology, biotechnology, quantum technology, and quantum information processing are now strongly converging. The acronym BINS, for Bio-Info-Nano-Systems, has been coined to describe the synergetic interface of these several disciplines. The living cell is an information replicating and processing system that is replete with naturally-evolved nanomachines, which at some level require a quantQuantum biochemistryLifeOriginQuantum biochemistry.Life576.8/3Abbott Derek1960-1506959Davies P. C. W44918Pati Arun K1506960MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777936603321Quantum aspects of life3737396UNINA