Consciousness and Biological Order: Toward a Quantum Theory of Life and Its Evolution

Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 86-100

  Goswami, Amit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; QUANTUM THEORY; REVIEW;

EVOLUTION; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0030637922     PISSN: 1053881X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02688616     Document Type: Article

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