What is Life? With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches
Heftet /
2012
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781107604667
Publisert
2012-03-26
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
300 gr
Høyde
215 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Dybde
12 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
184
Forfatter
Foreword by
Nobel laureate Erwin Schroedinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century. It was written for the layman, but proved to be one of the spurs to the birth of molecular biology and the subsequent discovery of DNA. What is Life? appears here together with Mind and Matter, his essay investigating a relationship which has eluded and puzzled philosophers since the earliest times. Brought together with these two classics are Schroedinger's autobiographical sketches, which offer a fascinating account of his life as a background to his scientific writings.
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Nobel laureate Erwin Schroedinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century. 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'.
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Preface; 1. The classical physicist's approach to the subject; 2. The hereditary mechanism; 3. Mutations; 4. The quantum-mechanical evidence; 5. Delbruck's model discussed and tested; 6. Order, disorder and entropy; 7. Is life based on the laws of physics?; Epilogue: on determinism and free will; Mind and Matter: 1. The physical basis of consciousness; 2. The future of understanding; 3. The principle of objectivation; 4. The arithmetical paradox: the oneness of mind; 5. Science and religion; 6. The mystery of the sensual qualities; Autobiographical sketches (translated from the German by Schroedinger's granddaughter Verena).
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Nobel laureate Erwin Schroedinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781107604667
Publisert
2012-03-26
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
300 gr
Høyde
215 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Dybde
12 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
184
Forfatter
Foreword by