ISBN: 052109397X
Godina izdanja: 1977
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Erwin Schrödinger - What is Life? Mind and Matter
Cambridge University Press, 1977
178 str.
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Nobel laureate Erwin Schrodinger`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 biology and the subsequent discovery of the structure of DNA. The philosopher Karl Popper hailed it as a `beautiful and important book` by `a great man to whom I owe a personal debt for many exciting discussions`. It appears here together with Mind and Matter, his essay investigating a relationship which has eluded and puzzled philosophers since the earliest times. Schrodinger asks what place consciousness occupies in the evolution of life, and what part the state of development of the human mind plays in moral questions. Brought together with these two classics are Schr dinger`s autobiographical sketches, published and translated here for the first time. They offer a fascinating fragmentary account of his life as a background to his scientific writings, making this volume a valuable additon to the shelves of scientist and layman alike.

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 biology and the subsequent discovery of the structure of DNA. The philosopher Karl Popper hailed it as a `beautiful and important book` by `a great man to whom I owe a personal debt for many exciting discussions`. It appears here together with Mind and Matter, his essay investigating a relationship which has eluded and puzzled philosophers since the earliest times. Schrodinger asks what place consciousness occupies in the evolution of life, and what part the state of development of the human mind plays in moral questions. Brought together with these two classics are Schrödinger`s autobiographical sketches, published and translated here for the first time. They offer a fascinating fragmentary account of his life as a background to his scientific writings, making this volume a valuable additon to the shelves of scientist and layman alike.

The Classical Physicists Approach to the Subject
The Hereditary Mechanism
Mutations
The QuantumMechanical Evidence
Delbrucks Model Discussed and Tested
Order Disorder and Entropy
Is Life Based on the Laws of Physics?
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


Nonfiction, Philosophy, 052109397X, Ervin Šredinger