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What is life? : the physical aspect of the living cell ; with Mind and matter ; & Autobiographical sketches /
Nobel laureate Erwin Schrödinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century. A distinguished physicist's exploration of the question which lies at the heart of biology, it was written for the layman, but proved one of the spurs to the birth of molecular...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©1992.
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| Colección: | Canto (Cambridge University Press)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.