Johnjoe McFadden

Popular science level book on the current level of knowledge (and somewhat lower level of understanding) of the role of quantum mechanics in biology. Essentially, we know that quantum mechanical processes are going on, we can describe them, but we don't understand them enough to replicate them.
Very interesting but varies between painfully simple and painfully complicated. There were large sections of explanation I could skip through and then short sections where I had to go online to find out more information. I felt that the it wasn't really sure what level it was pitched at?
Despite this occasional frustration I felt very informed and knowledgeable by the time I had got to the end of the book.… (mais)

So far...

Interesting information but erratic writing style. Some sections are well written and understandable. Then you get badly written, overly simplified sections comparing quantum physics properties with more "understandable" everyday items... and the explanation falls apart. There is also too much repetitiveness between chapters, and little cohesion between chapters. There is also too much bouncing around between subjects. But the information is just so interesting. Maybe it is time to resurrect the extinct editor?… (mais)