What is life? : the physical aspect of the living cell ; with Mind and matter ; & Autobiographical sketches / Erwin Schrödinger.

Schrödinger, Erwin, 1887-1961
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574/.01
Author
Schrödinger, Erwin, 1887-1961, author.
Title
What is life? : the physical aspect of the living cell ; with Mind and matter ; & Autobiographical sketches / Erwin Schrödinger.
Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, 184 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series
Canto classics
Notes
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents
What is life? The classical physicist's approach to the subject ; The hereditary mechanism ; Mutations ; The quantum-mechanical evidence ; Delbrück's model discussed and tested ; Order, disorder and entropy ; Is life based on the laws of physics? ; Epilogue: On determinism and free will -- Mind and matter. The physical basis of consciousness ; The future of understanding ; The principle of objectivation ; The arithmetical paradox : the oneness of mind ; Science and religion ; The mystery of the sensual qualities -- Autobiographical sketches / translated by Schrödinger's granddaughter Verena.
Summary
Nobel laureate Erwin Schrödinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century. It was written for the layman, but proved to be one of the spurs to the birth of molecular biology and the subsequent discovery of DNA. What is Life? appears here together with Mind and Matter, his essay investigating a relationship which has eluded and puzzled philosophers since the earliest times. Brought together with these two classics are Schrödinger's autobiographical sketches, which offer a fascinating account of his life as a background to his scientific writings.
Added Author
Schrödinger, Erwin, 1887-1961.
Schrödinger, Erwin, 1887-1961.
Subject
Schrödinger, Erwin, 1887-1961.
Biology Philosophy.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY.
HUMAN EVOLUTION.
Physicists Austria Biography.
Multimedia
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Summary
Nobel laureate Erwin Schrödinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century. It was written for the layman, but proved to be one of the spurs to the birth of molecular biology and the subsequent discovery of DNA. What is Life? appears here together with Mind and Matter, his essay investigating a relationship which has eluded and puzzled philosophers since the earliest times. Brought together with these two classics are Schrödinger's autobiographical sketches, which offer a fascinating account of his life as a background to his scientific writings.
Notes
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents
What is life? The classical physicist's approach to the subject ; The hereditary mechanism ; Mutations ; The quantum-mechanical evidence ; Delbrück's model discussed and tested ; Order, disorder and entropy ; Is life based on the laws of physics? ; Epilogue: On determinism and free will -- Mind and matter. The physical basis of consciousness ; The future of understanding ; The principle of objectivation ; The arithmetical paradox : the oneness of mind ; Science and religion ; The mystery of the sensual qualities -- Autobiographical sketches / translated by Schrödinger's granddaughter Verena.
Subject
Schrödinger, Erwin, 1887-1961.
Biology Philosophy.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY.
HUMAN EVOLUTION.
Physicists Austria Biography.
Multimedia