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  3. What is Life? The Next Fifty Years
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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
February 2010
Print publication year:
1995
Online ISBN:
9780511623295
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511623295
Subjects:
Life Sciences, Physiology and Biological Physics
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Book description

Erwin Schrödinger's book What is Life? had a tremendous influence on the development of molecular biology, stimulating scientists such as Watson and Crick to explore the physical basis of life. Much of the appeal of Schrödinger's book lay in its approach to the central problems in biology - heredity and how organisms use energy to maintain order - from a physicist's perspective. At Trinity College, Dublin a number of outstanding scientists from a range of disciplines gathered to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of What is Life? and following Schrödinger's example fifty years previously, presented their views on the current central problems in biology. The contributors to this volume include Stephen Jay Gould, Roger Penrose, Jared Diamond, Manfred Eigen, John Maynard Smith, Christien de Duve and Lewis Wolpert. This collection is essential reading for anyone interested in biology and its future.

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‘… a thought provoking book…’.

Source: Science and Christian Belief

‘Given the galaxy of contributors it could hardly fail. It hasn’t… a stimulating book.’

A. G. Cairns-Smith Source: Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

‘The authors are among the most illustrious and distinguished scientists of today ... an enjoyable ... journey through the outer reaches of biology.’

Robert Foley Source: Annals of Human Genetics

‘... if you want one slim book that contains as many stimulating ideas as a small library, this is it.’ Alan Anderson, New Scientist

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