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Original post by Kallisto

You gotta love quantum biology :wink:

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Original post by Kyx

Good luck with starting your degree! I strongly urge you to recap your maths before you start, it is much more the language of physics at degree level than it is at A Level.

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Original post by Cerdic

Good luck with starting your degree! I strongly urge you to recap your maths before you start, it is much more the language of physics at degree level than it is at A Level.

Definitely, lol

I'm working on it, recapping calculus and statistics right now :tongue:

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Original post by Kyx

Definitely, lol

I'm working on it, recapping calculus and statistics right now :tongue:

If I were you I'd concentrate more on mechanics than statistics, although any practice is good practice

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Original post by Cerdic

If I were you I'd concentrate more on mechanics than statistics, although any practice is good practice

Okay

What main topics shall I recap? Trigonometry and quadratic equations are good
What else? :smile:

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Original post by Kyx

Okay

What main topics shall I recap? Trigonometry and quadratic equations are good
What else? :smile:

Differential equations would be top of my list. Not too hard, just the kind at A Level. Beyond the standard stuff you've done, have a gander at complex numbers

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Original post by Cerdic

Differential equations would be top of my list. Not too hard, just the kind at A Level. Beyond the standard stuff you've done, have a gander at complex numbers

Yass, I love complex numbers :tongue:

Thx

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Original post by Kyx

You gotta love quantum biology :wink:

So it is the whole life seen in particles and subatomic particles? Is it really that what it wants to be?

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Original post by Kallisto

So it is the whole life seen in particles and subatomic particles? Is it really that what it wants to be?

Basically, biology had some things it couldn't explain, and quantum physicists realised they could explain it with quantum physics. The biologists said they didn't want quantum physics messing around with their biology, but when they saw how easily it could solve their problems they had for decades, they agreed that quantum physics can stay :h:

The main things I know about quantum biology:

- animals that use the Earth's magnetic field to know where they are have detectors in their eyes that use quantum entanglement.
- Random genetic mutations are caused by quantum tunnelling
- plants photosynthesise using wave-particle duality
- tadpoles turn into frogs using quantum tunnelling
- the nose does not detect the shape of molecules, but the vibration of the bonds between the atoms in the molecules. This is called the quantum theory if olfaction.

:smile:

I watched a documentary on it a few years ago by Jim Al-Khalili

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Original post by Kyx

Can you name the documentary with Jim-Al Khalili in it please? I want to get to know this quantum biology stuff too. Oh and I adore Khalili as both moderator of scientific TV shows and as a scientist. He is very good in telling people interesting aspects of sciences with passion. :smile:

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Original post by Kallisto

Yes I'm watching his electricity ones on BBC 4 :smile:

And I think it was called the physics of life or something :s-smilie:

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04v85cj

Original post by Kallisto

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04v85cj

Original post by Cerdic

Yeah, that is! thank you so much for posting the link! will watch it by occasion. :smile:

documentaries with Al-Khalili are so instructive!

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I think that might be it :s-smilie:

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Original post by Kyx

I think that might be it :s-smilie:

It is with Ali-Khalili in it, so it highely likely it has to be.

By the way what are another interests of you in physics?

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Original post by Kallisto

It is with Ali-Khalili in it, so it highely likely it has to be.

By the way what are another interests of you in physics?

I like all aspects of physics, mainly quantum and astro though :smile:

Which is good because my university course only does quantum physics and astrophysics!!! :biggrin:

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Original post by Kyx

I like all aspects of physics, mainly quantum and astro though :smile:

Which is good because my university course only does quantum physics and astrophysics!!! :biggrin:

Assuming your course is IOP accredited (I don't know of any that aren't, but it's possible), you'll be doing a lot more than just quantum and astro.

All courses include:
Mathematics, mechanics & relativity, quantum physics, condensed matter physics, oscillations & waves, electromagnetism, optics, and thermodynamics & statistical physics.

Source.

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Original post by Cerdic

let me check :smile:

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