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If we imagine quantum mechanics or quantum physics, then, as the fundamental foundation of reality itself, then it's not surprising that we say quantum physics underpins organic chemistry.
You say, "Well, of course life ultimately must depend of quantum mechanics."
Ultimately, there's a quantum level where we have to delve into this weirdness.
Because once you put together trillions of atoms, that quantum weirdness just dissolves away.
Of course quantum mechanics underpins life at some molecular level.
Here is my perfect example of the counterintuitiveness of the quantum world.
This is the quantum skier.
But in the quantum world, this happens all the time.
I don't blame the biologists for not having to or wanting to learn quantum mechanics.
And these are reductionist, deterministic chemical reactions, showing that, essentially, life is made of the same stuff as everything else, and if we can forget about quantum mechanics in the macro world, then we should be able to forget about it in biology, as well.
He was one of the founders of quantum mechanics in the 1920s.
In fact, living matter seems to behave in this order, in a structure, just like inanimate matter cooled down to near absolute zero, where quantum effects play a very important role.
But as I mentioned at the start, in the last 10 years, there have been experiments emerging, showing where some of these certain phenomena in biology do seem to require quantum mechanics.
This is one of the best-known phenomena in the quantum world, quantum tunneling.
In the quantum world, you don't have to throw it over the wall, you can throw it at the wall, and there's a certain non-zero probability that it'll disappear on your side, and reappear on the other.
The particles fuse together, and the Sun turns hydrogen into helium through quantum tunneling.
Back in the 70s and 80s, it was discovered that quantum tunneling also takes place inside living cells.
Well, it was discovered that one of the tricks that enzymes have evolved to make use of, is by transferring subatomic particles, like electrons and indeed protons, from one part of a molecule to another via quantum tunneling.
One question we asked is whether quantum tunneling plays a role in mutations in DNA.
Early indications suggest that quantum tunneling can play a role here.
It's speculative, but it's one of those questions that is so important that if quantum mechanics plays a role in mutations, surely this must have big implications, to understand certain types of mutations, possibly even those that lead to turning a cell cancerous.
Another example of quantum mechanics in biology is quantum coherence, in one of the most important processes in biology, photosynthesis: plants and bacteria taking sunlight, and using that energy to create biomass.
Quantum coherence is the idea of quantum entities multitasking.
It's the quantum skier.
Some years ago, the world of science was shocked when a paper was published showing experimental evidence that quantum coherence takes place inside bacteria, carrying out photosynthesis.
The idea is that the photon, the particle of light, the sunlight, the quantum of light captured by a chlorophyll molecule, is then delivered to what's called the reaction center, where it can be turned into chemical energy.
Now, quantum entanglement is when two particles are far apart, and yet somehow remain in contact with each other.
We don't know if it's the correct explanation, but wow, wouldn't it be exciting if quantum mechanics helps birds navigate?
The inflationary model describes a brief era of incredibly rapid expansion that relates quantum fluctuations in the energy of the early universe, to the formation of clumps of gas that eventually led to galaxies.
We know nothing of this speculative inflating reality, save for the mathematical prediction that its endless expansion may be driven by an unstable quantum energy state.
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