Discussion: What is Life?

Author: Erwin Schrödinger

Description: In What is Life?, physicist Erwin Schrödinger explores the intersection of physics and biology, addressing how the laws of physics apply to living organisms. Schrödinger asks fundamental questions about life, matter, and consciousness, discussing how living systems maintain order in a world governed by entropy. He introduces the concept of “negative entropy” to explain biological processes like heredity. His work foreshadows the discovery of DNA’s structure and the rise of molecular biology.

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