Nick Lane, “A Matter of Energy: Biology From First Principles” (Open Agenda, 2021)
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- Is There a Universality to Electrons?
Chemistry stuff just completely confuses me. Sometimes i find a lot of mathematical symbols off putting. electrons do hop bicontam tunnelling from one centre to the next centre. The likelihood of them doing that depends on the distance in the order of lve, 12 angtroms or so won't attempt he le amns ad, is very smallis veryeas i multiplie. Anything which wants to grab an electron wl will work. It's just that oxygen does it particularly well. Energy cash, an cash. Yes.
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