Book · 1951 · Cell Biology
What is Life?
What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger has been mentioned in 5 episodes across 4 podcasts (0 episodes recommend it and 5 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Bobby Azarian (1 episode), Eric Weinstein (1 episode) and Jordan Peterson (1 episode) on Lex Fridman Podcast (2 episodes), Huberman Lab (1 episode) and The Joe Rogan Experience (1 episode).
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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.
Jordan Peterson · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · May 2023 Listen at 40:14 Questions about What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger
Who has discussed What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger on podcasts?
No speaker in our archive has explicitly recommended What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger; Bobby Azarian (1 episode), Eric Weinstein (1 episode), Jordan Peterson (1 episode), Lex Fridman (1 episode) and Oded Rechavi (1 episode) have discussed it across 4 podcasts (5 people in all).
Which podcasts mention What is Life? the most?
Lex Fridman Podcast (2 episodes), Huberman Lab (1 episode), The Joe Rogan Experience (1 episode) and The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast (1 episode).
Is What is Life? recommended, or only discussed?
What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger was recommended in 0 episodes and discussed without a recommendation in 5 episodes, as of 2023-05-15.
What do people say about What is Life??
Jordan Peterson on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast (2023-05-15): "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."
When was What is Life? last mentioned on a podcast?
What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger was last discussed on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast by Jordan Peterson on 2023-05-15.
What they say about it
- Influential physics and biology text“wrote a very important book”2
The best things said about it
Erwin Schrödinger, one of the founders of quantum mechanics, actually wrote a very influential book on biology called What is Life?
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.
Schrödinger wrote What is Life and that was highly inspirational.
Eric Weinstein Lex Fridman Podcast · Mar 2019 Where and when it comes up
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5 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger is a foundational 1944 work by the physicist that examines biological systems through the lens of thermodynamics and quantum mechanics. Bobby Azarian brought up the book on The Joe Rogan Experience to explain how living systems evade the second law of thermodynamics. Jordan Peterson referenced the text on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast while describing life as a continual attempt to constrain entropy. Oded Rechavi spoke about the book on Huberman Lab, highlighting its historical impact in driving physicists to establish molecular biology before the discovery of the double helix. Lex Fridman discussed the work on the Lex Fridman Podcast with Brian Greene, exploring the definition of life based on Schrödinger's original lectures. Eric Weinstein also mentioned the book on the Lex Fridman Podcast to underscore the inspirational historical contributions of physicists to molecular sciences. Across these appearances, guests return to Schrödinger's classic text to illustrate the intersection of physics and biology, emphasizing how living organisms manage to maintain order and fight off entropy in an otherwise disordered physical universe.
Every mention
Bobby Azarian and erwin schrodinger one of the founders of quantum mechanics actually wrote a very influential book on bi… 1
“and erwin schrodinger one of the founders of quantum mechanics actually wrote a very influential book on biology called what is life”
Eric Weinstein Yeah, I mean you know, Schrodinger wrote What is Life and that was highly inspirational. 1
“Yeah, I mean you know, Schrodinger wrote What is Life and that was highly inspirational.”
Jordan Peterson The first person who figured this out technically was probably Erwin Schrödinger, who wrote a book called '… 1
“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.”
Lex Fridman i mean so i have to ask as you described in your book once again uh schroedinger wrote the book what is lif… 1
“i mean so i have to ask as you described in your book once again uh schroedinger wrote the book what is life based on the few lectures he gave in 1944”
Oded Rechavi Even Schrodinger, the famous physicist, so he wrote a very important book in '44, so this was before the do… 1
“Even Schrodinger, the famous physicist, so he wrote a very important book in '44, so this was before the double helix, and it's called What is Life?”
“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.”