Quantum coherence and the understanding of life

Georgina Hyland

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Partha Ghose

Jeeva S. Anandan, John L. Safko

Murali Krishna Pasupuleti

Abstract: This chapter delves into the emerging field of quantum biology, examining how principles such as superposition, entanglement, and tunneling play critical roles in processes ranging from photosynthesis and enzyme catalysis to potential quantum coherence in neural microtubules. By surveying groundbreaking research, including experimental evidence of coherence in photosynthetic complexes and theoretical models of quantum effects in brain function, the discussion highlights both the transformative implications and the ongoing debates shaping this interdisciplinary domain. The chapter ultimately underscores how integrating quantum mechanics into our understanding of life processes can offer novel insights into biological efficiency, consciousness, and the fundamental nature of living systems. Keywords: quantum biology, quantum mechanics, superposition, entanglement, tunneling, photosynthesis, enzyme catalysis, microtubules, brain function, consciousness, quantum coherence, life processes, interdisciplinary research.

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We increasingly know more about quantum physics, and of how modern physics can widen our understanding of daily life, of ourselves and our relationship with the world. Quantum physics opens up to us a new perspective on the link between matter and awareness, and of how its principies ( wave-particle duality, coherence, no locality, indetermination, etc.) permit us to understand many, until now unknown, mysteries; of how the duality of mind-body is the reflection of the dual ity wave-particle; of how the awareness of the observer modifies the result of the experiment; of how the coherence or not of the therapist influences the pacient; of the action of the mind at a distance; of the freewill, etc.