scholarly journals To the 120th anniversary of A.L. Chizhevsky’s birth

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 126-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Анатолий Гульельми ◽  
Anatol Guglielmi ◽  
Владимир Рубан ◽  
Vladimir Ruban
Keyword(s):  
Vector Potential ◽  
Indirect Evidence ◽  
Positive Answer ◽  
Macroscopic Quantum ◽  
Quantum Objects ◽  
Living Organisms ◽  
Scientific Essay ◽  
120Th Anniversary ◽  
Original Device

Alexander Leonidovich Chizhevsky (1897–1964) is the founder of heliobiology. This paper is presented as a scientific essay and is dedicated to the memory of Chizhevsky. We briefly discuss an unusual aspect of heliobiology. It is closely related to the question as to whether living organisms are macroscopic quantum objects. There is no scientifically grounded answer to the question, but many scientists are inclined to give a positive answer based on indirect evidence. The project of biophysical experiment using an original device for excitation of the field of vector potential is described in the hope that in future such types of experiments will make it possible to clarify the question.

scholarly journals To the 120th anniversary of A.L. Chizhevsky’s birth

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 98-103
Author(s):  
Анатолий Гульельми ◽  
Anatol Guglielmi ◽  
Владимир Рубан ◽  
Vladimir Ruban
Keyword(s):  
Vector Potential ◽  
Indirect Evidence ◽  
Positive Answer ◽  
Macroscopic Quantum ◽  
Quantum Objects ◽  
Living Organisms ◽  
Scientific Essay ◽  
120Th Anniversary ◽  
Original Device

Alexander Leonidovich Chizhevsky (1897–1964) is the founder of heliobiology. This paper is presented as a scientific essay and is dedicated to the memory of Chizhevsky. We briefly discuss an unusual aspect of heliobiology. It is closely related to the question whether living organisms are macroscopic quantum objects. There is no scientifically grounded answer to the question, but many scientists are inclined to give a positive answer based on indirect evidence. The project of biophysical experiment using an original device for excitation of the field of vector potential is described in the hope that in future such types of experiments will make it possible to clarify the question.

Macroscopic Quantum Objects and their Interaction with External Environments

1992 ◽  
pp. 205-217
Author(s):  
T. D. Clark ◽  
T. P. Spiller ◽  
R. J. Prance ◽  
H. Prance ◽  
J. Ralph ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Macroscopic Quantum ◽  
Quantum Objects ◽  
External Environments

Macroscopic quantum objects: T. D.Clark

2012 ◽  
pp. 127-156
Keyword(s):  
Macroscopic Quantum ◽  
Quantum Objects

SQUID rings as macroscopic quantum objects: The quantum-classical interface

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Prance ◽  
R. Whiteman ◽  
H. Prance ◽  
T. D. Clark ◽  
J. Diggins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Macroscopic Quantum ◽  
Quantum Objects ◽  
Squid Rings

scholarly journals Who are you, Professor N.W. Timofeeff-Ressovsky, – zoologist, genetics, radiobiologist, ecologist, evolutionist...?

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 29-35
Author(s):  
I. M. Gudkov
Keyword(s):  
Population Genetics ◽  
Ionizing Radiation ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Biological Species ◽  
Radiation Biology ◽  
Target Theory ◽  
Living Organisms ◽  
120Th Anniversary ◽  
Mutational Process ◽  
Scientific Achievements

To the 120th anniversary of the birth, information about the basic dates of life and creativity, as well as about the basic scientific achievements of the outstanding biologist Nikolay W. Timofeeff-Resovsky (1900–1981) is presented. The data on his contribution to genetics, radiation biology, ecology, the doctrine of microevolutionary processes are given. His works have played a major role in the development of molecular-physical approaches to the problems of genetics. He is regarded as one of the founders of radiation and population genetics. He is one of first who used the ionizing radiation, including a dense-ionizing radiation, for obtain of experimental mutations. He formulated a “hit-principle” and a “target theory” – the basis of modern quantitative radiobiology; a “principle of amplifier”, which explains how a single change, such as a gene mutation that can occur for energies of only a few electron-volts, activates forces that are several orders of magnitude larger and change the properties of the whole individual. He elaborated whole doctrine about microevolution – the emergence of new biological species, identified the elementary object of microevolution – population, elementary material – mutations, elementary factors – mutational process, elementary evolutionary phenomenon – stable change in the genotypic composition of the population. Based on the huge experimental material about migration of radionuclides in the environment and their uptake to living organisms, he formulated the main foundation of radiation ecology. The author summarizes the memories of meetings with scientist. Keywords: N.W. Timofeeff-Resovsky, radiation genetics, population genetics, radiation biology, radiation ecology, microevolution.

Macroscopic quantum objects

Physics World ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 30-31
Author(s):  
Alastair Rae
Keyword(s):  
Macroscopic Quantum ◽  
Quantum Objects

scholarly journals Stability of electronic matching of macroscopic quantum objects

2021 ◽  
Vol 864 (1) ◽  
pp. 012027
Author(s):  
A A Stekhin ◽  
V V Tatarinov ◽  
G V Yakovleva
Keyword(s):  
Macroscopic Quantum ◽  
Quantum Objects

scholarly journals An Unstable Middle Position The Kantian Account of Teleology and its Controversial Legacy

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Gambarotto
Keyword(s):  
Bone Structure ◽  
Positive Answer ◽  
Middle Position ◽  
Living Organisms ◽  
Technical Terms

This paper addresses Kant’s arguments about the problem of whether living organisms should be considered as organized according to specific purposes. In the opening paragraphs of the Critique of Teleological Judgment, the second section of his Critique of the Power of Judgment (1790), Kant famously uses the structure of a bird as an example. The form of a bird, especially its bone structure and the position of its wings, suggests a positive answer to that question: they seem intended for flight. Kant, however, finds this concept tantamount to conceiving nature in technical terms, i.e. as the product of a maker.

Redox Reactions in Lipid Membranes as a Model for Primordial Energy-Conserving Systems

1997 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 437-442
Author(s):  
Salvatore Di Bernardo ◽  
Romana Fato ◽  
Giorgio Lenaz
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Lipid Membranes ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
Redox Reactions ◽  
Living Systems ◽  
Asymmetric Distribution ◽  
Conservation Of Energy ◽  
Asymmetrical Distribution ◽  
Energy Conserving ◽  
Living Organisms

AbstractOne of the peculiar aspects of living systems is the production and conservation of energy. This aspect is provided by specialized organelles, such as the mitochondria and chloroplasts, in developed living organisms. In primordial systems lacking specialized enzymatic complexes the energy supply was probably bound to the generation and maintenance of an asymmetric distribution of charged molecules in compartmentalized systems. On the basis of experimental evidence, we suggest that lipophilic quinones were involved in the generation of this asymmetrical distribution of charges through vectorial redox reactions across lipid membranes.

Mars: was There an Ancient Eden?

1997 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 203-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias C. Owen
Keyword(s):  
Positive Answer ◽  
Biogenic Elements ◽  
Habitable Zones ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Origin Of Life ◽  
Early Mars ◽  
Favorable Conditions ◽  
Open Question ◽  
Rocky Planets ◽  
Impact Erosion

AbstractThe clear evidence of water erosion on the surface of Mars suggests an early climate much more clement than the present one. Using a model for the origin of inner planet atmospheres by icy planetesimal impact, it is possible to reconstruct the original volatile inventory on Mars, starting from the thin atmosphere we observe today. Evidence for cometary impact can be found in the present abundances and isotope ratios of gases in the atmosphere and in SNC meteorites. If we invoke impact erosion to account for the present excess of129Xe, we predict an early inventory equivalent to at least 7.5 bars of CO2. This reservoir of volatiles is adequate to produce a substantial greenhouse effect, provided there is some small addition of SO2(volcanoes) or reduced gases (cometary impact). Thus it seems likely that conditions on early Mars were suitable for the origin of life – biogenic elements and liquid water were present at favorable conditions of pressure and temperature. Whether life began on Mars remains an open question, receiving hints of a positive answer from recent work on one of the Martian meteorites. The implications for habitable zones around other stars include the need to have rocky planets with sufficient mass to preserve atmospheres in the face of intensive early bombardment.

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