| Dewey Class |
574/.01 |
| Title |
What is life? : : the physical aspect of the living cell ; with Mind and matter ; & Autobiographical sketches / / Erwin Schrödinger. |
| ( EBook) |
| Author |
Schrödinger, Erwin, , 1887-1961 |
| Added Personal Name |
Schrödinger, Erwin, , 1887-1961 |
| Schrödinger, Erwin, , 1887-1961 |
| Publication |
Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press, , 1992. |
| Physical Details |
1 online resource (viii, 184 pages) : : digital, PDF file(s). |
| ISBN |
9781107295629 (ebook) |
| -- 9781107604667 (paperback) |
| Note |
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Summary Note |
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.: |
| Contents note |
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. |
| Mode of acces to digital resource |
Digital reproduction.- |
| Cambridge : |
| Cambridge University Press, |
| 1992 |
| Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher) or Firefox 2.0 (or higher). Available as searchable text in PDF format. |
| System details note |
Online access to this digital book is restricted to subscription institutions through IP address (only for SISSA internal users). |
| Internet Site |
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107295629 |
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