Podcasts that mention 📚 What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger

Even Schrodinger, the famous physicist, wrote a very important book in '44, before the double helix, called What is Life? This is actually a book that drove many physicists to establish molecular biology.

In this segment, the podcast guest highlights Schrodinger's influential book, 'What is Life?', published in 1944. This work played a significant role in shaping the field of molecular biology, providing insights that were pivotal for many physicists at the time. Additionally, the guest notes that the book discusses the inaccuracy of Lamarckism.

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The first person who figured this out technically was probably Erwin Schrödinger, who wrote a book called 'What is Life?' He described life essentially as a continual attempt to constrain entropy to a certain set of parameters.

In this section, Dr. Jordan Peterson refers to the book 'What is Life?' by Erwin Schrödinger while explaining concepts related to entropy and their relevance to biological life and emotional experiences.

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