In 1943, Nobel physicist Schrödinger gave a series of lectures at Trinity College in Dublin, making his understanding and thinking about life public. The following year, this series of lectures was compiled into a book and published, which is this very influential little book - "What is Life".
In this book, Schrödinger explores the relationship between quantum physics and the latest discoveries in biology, inspiring a younger generation of scientists. The three men who won the Nobel Prize for revealing the structure of DNA - James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins - all claimed that What Is Life played an important role in their path to the double helix.
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This book is rarely suitable for beginners. The combination of biology and physics provides new ideas (quantum mechanics and gene mutation). Gene mutation refers to the thermal motion (Brownian motion) of the genetic molecules (stable and ordered structure) of the organism, which causes the original gene to undergo tiny oscillations to produce isomers (the same elements have different structures). ), Similar to the energy level conversion of quantum mechanics (there is resistance from low to high and from high to low), the more atoms, the better the stability, and finally there is cell meiosis (a germ cell has two chromosomes, and the germ cell divides into two new cell bodies, each cell body replicates 1/2 of the original chromosome)
In another gene, each atom or group of atoms plays a specific role.
The word life is emanated and studied with rational thinking, molecules and atoms, mutation, quantum mechanics, order and disorder, life is really magical (›´ω`‹)
Life is really a miracle. The complexity of life is unimaginable. If we really build a bridge with quantum mechanics, then the diversity of life brought about by quantum uncertainty cannot be imagined with my current wisdom.
This book resonates with me very much, just like a friend of mine. Although he only has a junior high school education, he is full of curiosity about life. This book explains the mysteries of life in plain language so that even a layman like me can understand it. It made me understand that each of us can think about the meaning of life from different perspectives. Just like my friend, although he works hard, his love for life makes him stronger. This book also made me believe that we can all find our own value in our own lives.
Although I couldn't understand it, I was shocked.
It is particularly difficult to express complex issues simply, and I don't quite understand them. But personally I think the existence of life is still incredible.
A very educational book. The interdisciplinary introduction also has some hard-core elements. It is suitable for people who have a certain foundation in biology and quantum theory [Like]
Birth, old age, illness and death, resentment and hatred, separation from love, failure to seek, the five Yins blazing, there are so many things that people want to understand.
The author starts from the tiny structure of life and tells the meaning of a series of laws to life.
This book is rarely suitable for beginners. The combination of biology and physics provides new ideas (quantum mechanics and gene mutation). Gene mutation refers to the thermal motion (Brownian motion) of the genetic molecules (stable and ordered structure) of the organism, which causes the original gene to undergo tiny oscillations to produce isomers (the same elements have different structures). ), Similar to the energy level conversion of quantum mechanics (there is resistance from low to high and from high to low), the more atoms, the better the stability, and finally there is cell meiosis (a germ cell has two chromosomes, and the germ cell divides into two new cell bodies, each cell body replicates 1/2 of the original chromosome) In another gene, each atom or group of atoms plays a specific role.
The word life is emanated and studied with rational thinking, molecules and atoms, mutation, quantum mechanics, order and disorder, life is really magical (›´ω`‹)
Life is really a miracle. The complexity of life is unimaginable. If we really build a bridge with quantum mechanics, then the diversity of life brought about by quantum uncertainty cannot be imagined with my current wisdom.
This book resonates with me very much, just like a friend of mine. Although he only has a junior high school education, he is full of curiosity about life. This book explains the mysteries of life in plain language so that even a layman like me can understand it. It made me understand that each of us can think about the meaning of life from different perspectives. Just like my friend, although he works hard, his love for life makes him stronger. This book also made me believe that we can all find our own value in our own lives.
Although I couldn't understand it, I was shocked.
It is particularly difficult to express complex issues simply, and I don't quite understand them. But personally I think the existence of life is still incredible.
A very educational book. The interdisciplinary introduction also has some hard-core elements. It is suitable for people who have a certain foundation in biology and quantum theory [Like]
Birth, old age, illness and death, resentment and hatred, separation from love, failure to seek, the five Yins blazing, there are so many things that people want to understand.
The author starts from the tiny structure of life and tells the meaning of a series of laws to life.