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What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches

Erwin Schrödinger

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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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ISBN10:: 0521427088

ISBN13:: 9780521427081

kindle Asin:: B00E3URD7Q

What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches

Erwin Schrödinger

4.13/5 (5341 ratings)

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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.

Format:

Pages:: 184 pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:

Language:

ISBN10:: 0521427088

ISBN13:: 9780521427081

kindle Asin:: B00E3URD7Q

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