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What Is Life?

Book • 2012
Written for the lay reader, 'What Is Life?

' is based on a series of public lectures delivered by Erwin Schrödinger in 1943 at Trinity College, Dublin.

The book addresses the fundamental question of how living organisms can be understood in terms of their molecular and atomic structure.

Schrödinger discusses the stability of genes, the concept of 'negative entropy,' and how life maintains order despite the second law of thermodynamics.

He also speculates on the role of mutations, the nature of consciousness, and the philosophical implications of his findings.

The book had a significant impact on the development of modern biology, influencing scientists such as James D. Watson and Francis Crick in their discovery of the DNA structure.

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Mentioned in 31 episodes

Mentioned by Jordan Peterson when discussing a theory that links negative emotion to the emergence of entropy.
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357. ChatGPT and the Dawn of Computerized Hyper-Intelligence | Brian Roemmele
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Jack Kruse
in the context of quantum biology and negative entropy.
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Mentioned by Jack Kruse in the context of negative entropy and the nature of life.
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Mentioned when highlighting Schrodinger's discussion of free energy and life.
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320 | Solo: Complexity and the Universe
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Jordan B Peterson
when discussing the psychology of religion and the interpretation of religious texts.
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139. Maps of Meaning 11: The Flood and the Tower
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Sam Harris
when discussing the contributions of physicists to the topic of life.
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Blaise Agüera y Arcas
when discussing the thermodynamic perspective on the origin of life.
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286 | Blaise Agüera y Arcas on the Emergence of Replication and Computation
Mentioned by Jack Kruse in relation to his discussion of melanin and negative entropy.
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Mentioned by Sean Carroll when discussing how organisms exploit energetically favorable chemical reactions and increase the entropy of their environment.
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AMA | December 2024
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Sanjeev Namjoshi
in relation to Bayesian mechanics and its connection to physics.
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Dr. Sanjeev Namjoshi - Active Inference
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Sean Carroll
when referring to Erwin Schrodinger's concepts related to life.
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AMA | August 2025
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Jaime Rodríguez de Santiago
al hablar sobre la importancia de la energía en la vida.
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#228 Decrecionismo vs aceleracionismo (I): ¿Cómo funciona el mundo?
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Terrence Deacon
when discussing the origins of life and purpose.
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Terrence Deacon & Michael Levin: What is Life? Complexity, Cognition & the Origin of Purpose
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Elliot Turner
as a book redefining what life is, focusing on information.
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Tom Morgan on Curiosity, the Brain, Energy, Love, Investing, and More
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Parmita Mishra
as a foundational text in biology, highlighting Schrodinger's prescient predictions about the nature of life.
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Parmita Mishra — How to Think About Biology (EP.244)
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Jesse Michels
in relation to his work on quantum mechanics and his views on consciousness.
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MIT Scientist: “UFOs Prove We Live In a Simulation” (ft. Riz Virk)
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Lex Fridman
as the author of "What is Life?", a book exploring the nature of life.
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#232 – Brian Greene: Quantum Gravity, Big Bang, Aliens, Life, Death, and Meaning
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Robert Fosbury
, who has read it five times, as full of wisdom and insight that people should have taken more note of.
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Sunlight: Cosmology, Energy Metabolism & the Physics of Life | Robert Fosbury | 242
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Dick Bond
as a transformative book that influenced physicists to enter biology.
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Entropy and Coherence Could Change Everything We Know About the Universe! w/ Dick Bond [Ep. 487]

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