A brilliant new application of the principles of quantum mechanics to explain the origins of life.
Life is an extraordinary phenomenon whose existence requires an extraordinary explanation.
Yet the study of physics tells us that the behavior of single molecules is controlled not by familiar classical laws but by the strange laws of quantum mechanics. In this brilliant debut, Johnjoe McFadden puts forward a novel theory of quantum evolution. He shows how quantum mechanics gives living organisms the ability to initiate specific actions, including new mutations. Indeed, such an ability may be life's most fundamental attribute. This simple but staggering theory has radical implications.