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P. T. Landsberg, in a recent paper1, reopened a problem discussed earlier by Wigner2: the possibility that quantum mechanics might predict and explain the phenomena of life.

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  1. Landsberg, P. T., Nature, 203, 928 (1964).

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  2. Wigner, E. P., The Logic of Personal Knowledge, Essays Presented to Michael Polanyi (Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1961).

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  3. Ageno, M., Le radiazioni e i loro eftetti, chap. I (Boringieri, Torino, 1962). Ageno, M., La fisica al servizio della medicina, Rapporti dei Laboratori di Fisica (lellIst. Sup. Sanit, 188 64/32 (1961).

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Ageno, M.P. (1997). Does Quantum Mechanics Exclude Life?. In: Wightman, A.S. (eds) Part I: Particles and Fields. Part II: Foundations of Quantum Mechanics. The Scientific Papers, vol A / 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09203-3_50

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