In regards to my inquiry into quantum physics’ application to life overall, I read in the link given above about The Copenhagen Interpretation, in which the author refers to Niels Bohr: ” it is meaningless to ascribe any properties or even existence to anything that has not been measured21. Bohr is basically saying that nothing is real unless it is observed.” Not sure yet to make of this. Any thoughts?

I am a quantum physicists and I have a collection of links to reliable sources on quantum theory, particularly foundational issues, on my website:

http://mattleifer.info/links/quantum-foundations/

I recommend you check out the section entitled “Popular Books Focussed on Quantum Theory” as a first step.

As for its application to “life over all”, I am not sure what you mean by that. If you mean applications to human biology and consciousness and so forth then the answer is that there aren’t any, despite what you might have heard from some essentially crackpot sources. As for non-human life, there is a small amount of very recent evidence that quantum mechanics plays a role in photosynthesis and the operation of the avian compass. However, if you mean applications to technology that affects human life, then there are plenty. For example, the transistor, from which modern computers are built, depends on quantum mechanics for its explanation, as do many medical imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging.