The strange metaphor of Euglena’s tail

Robert P. Crease; Gino Elia

doi:10.1088/2058-7058/39/06/06

The strange metaphor of Euglena’s tail

Robert P. Crease
, Gino Elia

Philosophy

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

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Abstract

A single-celled organism provides an excellent metaphor for what quantum mechanics says about the world. Robert P Crease and Gino Elia explain.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	19-20
Number of pages	2
Journal	Physics World
Volume	39
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-7058/39/06/06
State	Published - Jun 2026

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