What is life? The physical aspect of the living cell
Erwin Schrödinger, Roger Penrose · 1944
Where to buy
Amazon’s price changes daily, so the most accurate place to see it is there, at the moment you buy.
View on AmazonAbout the book
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.
Book details
- Year
- 1944
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Editions
- 13
- Reader rating
- 4.4 / 5 (7)
- Pages
- 186
- ISBN
- 9780521062237
Data source: Wikidata
More by Erwin Schrödinger
