What is Life?

With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches

Erwin Schrodinger, Roger Penrose

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Cambridge University Press
29 March 2012

Mathematics & Sciences; Philosophy of science; History of science; Physics

Series: Canto Classics

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.

By: Erwin Schrodinger
Foreword by: Roger Penrose
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9781107604667
ISBN 10: 1107604664
Series: Canto Classics
Pages: 194
Publication Date: 29 March 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface; 1. The classical physicist's approach to the subject; 2. The hereditary mechanism; 3. Mutations; 4. The quantum-mechanical evidence; 5. Delbruck's model discussed and tested; 6. Order, disorder and entropy; 7. Is life based on the laws of physics?; Epilogue: on determinism and free will; Mind and Matter: 1. The physical basis of consciousness; 2. The future of understanding; 3. The principle of objectivation; 4. The arithmetical paradox: the oneness of mind; 5. Science and religion; 6. The mystery of the sensual qualities; Autobiographical sketches (translated from the German by Schrödinger's granddaughter Verena).