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THE QUANTUM VACUUM IN BIOLOGY

B.F.ZEIGER AND M.BISCHOF

 International Institute Institute of Biophysics, Biophysics, Kapellener Str., Str., D-41472 Neuss, Germany  uture  uture Science ! "e#icine, Gotlan#str Gotlan#str.7, .7, D-1$4%& Berlin, Germany Germany

© 1998 by B.F.Zeiger and M.Bis!"#  Paper read at the 3rd International Hombroich Symposium on Biophysics, International Institute of Biophysics (IIB), Neuss, Germany, 2th to 2! th "u#ust, $$%&

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INTRODUCTION On $!e a+e$ "# SA7NDERS AND BRONs b""+ 5!e 6!i,"s"%!y "# $!e :a))*; &e an read $!e s$a$e*en$ $!a$ 'the (acuum is fast emer)in) as the central structure of mo#ern physics* 2Sa)nders and Br"&n' 19914. S$i,, "nsidered by *any $" be n"$ *)! *"re $!an a *a$!e*a$ia, "n(eniene &i$!")$ %!ysia, rea,i$y' in $!e %as$ deades $!e (a))* !as #")nd inreasing a+n"&,edge*en$ as the en$ra, #)nda*en$a, en$i$y "n &!i! $!e %!ysia, desri%$i"n "# rea,i$y *)s$ be based. A"rding $" 6A7< DA:IES 'the (acuum hol#s the +ey to a full un#erstan#in) of the forces of nature*  2Da(ies' 198=4. 5!e %r"%er$ies "# $!e )ni(erse are g"(erned $" a s)bs$an$ia, degree by $!e %r"%er$ies "# $!e (a))*. As S5E:EN EINBERG &ri$es> 'If the (acuum oul# e only  sli)htly #ifferent #ifferent from hat it is thou)ht to e, the real orl# oul# loo+ completely completely #ifferent an#  oul# e )o(erne# y (ery #ifferent physical las*  2einberg'  2einberg' 19?@4. 5!e "bser(ab,e be!a(i")r  "# *a$$er is n"$ "n,y $!e res),$ "# $!e in$era$i"n "# %ar$i,es and #ie,ds &i$! "ne an"$!er' b)$ a,s" &i$! $!e (a))*. 5!e rea, %!ysia, &"r,d i$se,# is e(en n"$!ing $!an an e-i$ed #"r* "# $!e (a))* s$a$e 2Fa!r' 19894. A"rding $" $!e Es$"nian %!ysiis$ and *e*ber "# $!e Es$"nian Aade*y "# Sienes' G.I.NAAN' $!e (a))* *ay e(en be"*e $!e #")nda$i"n "# $!e ne-$ era "# $!e %!ysia, &"r,d electroma)netic one/ the latter   %i$)re> 'he mechanical picture of the orl# as replace# y the electroma)netic y the picture e no ha(e, the relati(istic fiel# picture. It seems hi)hly proaly to me that the ne0t one ill e the (acuum picture picture of the orl#*  2Naan' 194.

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