That’s life!—the geometry of π electron clouds

Quantum Aspects of Life

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 403-434

  Hameroff, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 84986617442     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9781848162556_0018     Document Type: Chapter

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