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Bohr, N., "Light and Life", Address at the opening meeting of the International Congress on Light Therapy, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 1932, Nature, 131, pp. 421, 1933. Google
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reprinted p. 3-12, Bohr, N., Atomic Physics and Human Knowledge, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1958.
8 ;;Quote: living beings interweave mechanics with atomistic features; much more so than inanimate matter
8 ;;Quote: eyes register light at the atomic limit of one light quantum; other organs may have similar capabilities
8+;;Quote: life may depend on the individuality of a quantum of action, associated with some amplifying mechanism
9 ;;Quote: life and the quantum of action are elementary facts; it may be impossible to investigate life at the atomic level without killing the organism
10 ;;Quote: what atoms belong to a living organism?; vital functions depend an exchange of atoms with the environment
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