Nontrivial quantum effects in biology: A skeptical physicists’ view

Quantum Aspects of Life

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 381-401

  Wiseman, Howard ^a   Eisert, Jens ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1142/9781848162556_0017     Document Type: Chapter

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