神秘的量子生命
Life on the edge
Johnjoe McFadden · 初版 2014 年
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生命是已知宇宙中最不可思议的现象；但它究竟是如何运作的？令人惊叹的是，在这个拥有克隆乃至synthetic biology的时代，从未有人能完全用无生命物质创造出任何活物。生命仍是孕育生命的唯一途径。我们是否在它的创造过程中遗漏了某种至关重要的成分？正如Richard Dawkins的The Selfish Gene通过将自然选择的焦点从生物体转向基因而为进化论提供了全新视角一样，Life On The Edge将我们对生命的理解从细胞或生物分子转变为了推动生命动力的基本粒子……
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Johnjoe McFadden 写的《生命在边缘：量子生物学的成年》（Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology）是一本极好的书，详细介绍了这些主题的历史和细节。作者在向好奇的外行解释那些离奇古怪的理论方面做得非常出色。
"Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology," by Johnjoe McFadden is a great book for history and details on these topics. The author does a very good job explaining alien theories to curious layfolk.
如果你喜欢这个故事，我推荐你读读《生命在边缘：量子生物学的成年》（Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology）。https://www.amazon.com/Life-Edge-Coming-Quantum-Biology/dp/0...
If you liked this story, I recommend you "Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology". https://www.amazon.com/Life-Edge-Coming-Quantum-Biology/dp/0...
……《生命之隙》（Life's Edge）（还没读完，感觉还不错）。说实话，各书的细节和作者的侧重点各有不同，但全都带点推测和语焉不详的成分。处于前范式阶段。我最喜欢的一句话出自 McFadden 和 Al-Khalili 合著的《生命在边缘》：“生物学家甚至无法就生命本身的这一定义达成共识；但这并没有阻止他们去揭开细胞、双螺旋、光合作用、酶的奥秘……
…"Life's Edge" (haven't finished it yet, seems good). Honestly, the details change, and the emphasis of each author, but they are all speculative and hand-wavey. Pre-paradigmatic. My favorite quote is from "Life on the Edge" by McFadden and Al-Khalili: "Biologists cannot even agree on a unique definition of life itself; but that hasn’t stopped them from unraveling aspects of the cell, the double helix, photosynthesis, enzymes…
Johnjoe McFadden 写的《生命在边缘：量子生物学的成年》（Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology，https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RKO0KWM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?...）在结尾对量子力学在意识中所起的作用进行了推测……
Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology by Johnjoe McFadden (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RKO0KWM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?...) concludes with speculation about the role of quantum mechanics in consciousness.…
有好几位作家都认为，所谓生命不过就是“生物学家所研究的对象”，这话听起来很循环论证，但实际上是在说：这个研究主题本身比它的定义要有趣得多。引自《生命在边缘：量子生物学的成年》：“确实，在我们看来，试图理解这一最奇异的生物学现象的探索，往往被一种非要给它下定义的刻板执念所阻碍。生物学家……
Several writers have argued that Life is just what biologists study, which sounds circular but is really saying the subject is more interesting than the definition. From “Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology”: Indeed, it is our view that the quest to understand this strangest of biological phenomena is often hindered by a persnickety insistence on defining it. Biologists…
引自《生命在边缘：量子生物学的成年》：“生物学家甚至无法就生命本身的这一定义达成共识；但这并没有阻止他们去揭开细胞、双螺旋、光合作用的奥秘，……
From “Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology”: Biologists cannot even agree on a unique definition of life itself; but that hasn’t stopped them from unraveling aspects of the cell, the double helix, photosynthesis,…