Volume 19 No 3 (2021)
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Biological Quasicrystals and the Golden Mean: Relevance to Quantum Computation
John Gardiner
Abstract
Since the discovery of metallic quasicrystals, which lack translational symmetry, much work has been done on
their characterisation. In particular mathematical aperiodic tilings have been invoked in an effort to explain their
existence. It appears that in three-dimensional quasicrystals non-local quantum effects may not be required.
However, here I present some instances - ribosome organisation in embryonic plants, neurotransmitter receptor
complexes in animal nervous systems, the cross-section of microtubule bundles and nucleic acids - where
biological two-dimensional quasicrystals may occur. Two-dimensional quasicrystals do require non-local
quantum effects.
Keywords
quasicrystal, golden mean, consciousness, plant development, non-local quantum effects
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