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The Quantum Coherent Organism

Mae-Wan Ho

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Re-examines the proposal that organisms are quantum coherent, first presented by the author in 1993*, in the light of new developments in quantum physics and molecular genetics.

*The Rainbow an The Worm, The Physics of Organisms, World Scientific, Singapore, 1993, 2nd edition, 1998 (reprinted 2000, 2001, 2003) available online https://www.i-sis.org.uk/rnbwwrm.php

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Key words

Schrödinger's cat, quantum coherent universe, the two-slit experiment, Aharonov-Bohm effect, freezing light, thermodynamics of organised complexity, coherent energy storage, Fröhlich's coherent excitations, factorizability of the coherent state, quantum jazz, time and entropy, fractal space-time.

Based on Lecture at The Rank Prize Funds Symposium, Grasmere, Cumbria, 19-22 April 2004.

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