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What is Life?: With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches (Canto Classics) 🔍
Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing), Cambridge, New York, England, 2012
Erwin Schrodinger & Roger Penrose 🔍
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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.
Alternative title
What is life?: the physical aspect of the living cell ; with, Mind and matter ; & Autobiographical sketches
Alternative author
Erwin Schrödinger, Roger Penrose
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Schrodinger/Penrose, Erwin
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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [England], 1944
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Canto, Canto edition, Cambridge ; New York, ©1992
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Canto classics, Cambridge, ©1992 (2017 printing)
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Canto classics, Canto edition, Cambridge, c1992
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United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom
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Reprint, 2012
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Nobel laureate Erwin SchroÌdinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century. A distinguished physicist's exploration of the question which lies at the heart of biology, it was written for the layman, but proved one of the spurs to the birth of molecular biology and the subsequent discovery of the structure of DNA. The philosopher Karl Popper hailed it as a 'beautiful and important book' by 'a great man to whom I owe a personal debt for many exciting discussions'. It appears here together with Mind and Matter, his essay investigating a relationship which has eluded and puzzled philosophers since the earliest times. Schrodinger asks what place consciousness occupies in the evolution of life, and what part the state of development of the human mind plays in moral questions. Brought together with these two classics are SchroÌdinger's autobiographical sketches, published and translated here for the first time. They offer a fascinating fragmentary account of his life as a background to his scientific writings, making this volume a valuable additon to the shelves of scientist and layman alike
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Nobel laureate Erwin Schrödinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century. A distinguished physicist's exploration of the question which lies at the heart of biology, it was written for the layman, but proved one of the spurs to the birth of molecular biology and the subsequent discovery of the structure of DNA. The philosopher Karl Popper hailed it as a "beautiful and important book." It 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, published and translated here for the first time, which offer a fascinating fragmentary account of his life as a background to his scientific writings.--Publisher description
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What Is Life? is a 1944 non-fiction science book written for the lay reader by physicist Erwin Schrödinger. The book was based on a course of public lectures delivered by Schrödinger in February 1943 at Trinity College, Dublin. Schrödinger's lecture focused on one important question: "how can the events in space and time which take place within the spatial boundary of a living organism be accounted for by physics and chemistry?" In the book, Schrödinger introduced the idea of an "aperiodic crystal" that contained genetic information in its configuration of covalent chemical bonds. In the 1950s, this idea stimulated enthusiasm for discovering the genetic molecule and would give both Francis Crick and James Watson initial inspiration in their research.
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What Is Life? Is Nobel Laureate Erwin Schrödinger's Exploration Of The Question Which Lies At The Heart Of Biology. His Essay, Mind And Matter, Investigates What Place Consciousness Occupies In The Evolution Of Life, And What Part The State Of Development Of The Human Mind Plays In Moral Questions. Autobiographical Sketches Offers A Fascinating Fragmentary Account Of His Life As A Background To His Scientific Writings.
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2024-05-06
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