What is life? The physical aspect of the living cell
Erwin Schrödinger
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What is life? The physical aspect of the living cell
by Erwin Schrödinger, Roger Penrose
Published
February 1, 1999
Publisher
Piper
Pages
156
ISBN-13
9783492211345
ISBN-10
3492211348
Description
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.
Subjects
International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology
Biology
Principles of Anatomy and Physiology
On the origin of species by means of natural selection
Biology
Introduction to genetic analysis
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What is life? The physical aspect of the living cell was written by Erwin Schrödinger, Roger Penrose.
When was What is life? The physical aspect of the living cell published?
The publication date for this specific edition is February 1, 1999. The original work may have been published on a different date.