What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger Summary
Overview of What is Life?
Schrodinger's quantum physics masterpiece that revolutionized biology by inspiring Watson and Crick's DNA discovery. "What is Life?" bridges physics and genetics, answering how physical laws govern living organisms - a book that literally changed our understanding of existence itself.
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知識を魅力的で例が豊富な洞察に変換
キーアイデアを瞬時にキャプチャして素早く学習
楽しく魅力的な方法で本を楽しむ
重要なポイント
When Physics Meets the Mystery of Being
A single fertilized egg knows how to build you-every curve of your face, every neural pathway in your brain, every instinct that will guide you through life. How? This isn't mysticism; it's the most profound puzzle at the intersection of physics and biology. In 1943, a Nobel laureate physicist stood before an audience in Dublin and asked a question that would reshape modern science: What is life? The answer he proposed was so revolutionary that it directly inspired the discovery of DNA's structure a decade later. Here's the remarkable thing-life doesn't just follow the laws of physics. It bends them in ways that shouldn't be possible, creating islands of exquisite order in an ocean of chaos. Think about your morning coffee. You can predict exactly when it will cool to drinking temperature, yet you couldn't possibly predict the movement of any single water molecule bouncing around inside. This isn't a limitation of our knowledge-it's a fundamental feature of how physical laws actually work. They're statistical averages that only emerge when astronomical numbers of atoms cooperate. Here's the counterintuitive truth: atoms are small because they must be. If your body were sensitive to individual atomic movements, you'd experience reality as pure chaos-a sensory nightmare where every moment brought wildly different perceptions.
The Statistical Foundation and Molecular Paradox
Quantum Jumps and the Nature of Mutation
Quantum Mechanics and Genetic Stability
The Aperiodic Crystal and Information Storage
Order from Order and the Battle Against Entropy
Beyond Mechanism: The Consciousness Question
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"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
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"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
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"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
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"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
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"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
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