Online Seminar Series: What is Life

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Date & Time

Sat, Jun 01 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Zoom

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Online/Virtual/Zoom

Online Seminar Series

What is Life by Erwin Schrödinger

Saturday, June 1, 2024

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“The great revelation of the quantum theory was that features of discreteness were discovered in the Book of Nature, in a context in which anything other than continuity seemed to be absurd according to the views held until then.”

What Is Life? The Physical Aspect of the Living Cell is a 1944 book written for the lay science reader by physicist Erwin Schrödinger. The book is based on a course of public lectures delivered by Schrödinger in February 1943, which focused on one important question: “how can the events in space and time which take place within the spatial boundary of a living organism be accounted for by physics and chemistry?” We invite you to join this monthly online series as we read this short but difficult book, one chapter at a time.

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June 1 Reading:

What is Life by Schrödinger – Chapter 1 –
The Classical Physicist’s Approach to the Subject

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Schedule:

12:00-2:00PM PDT

Tutor:

Andy Gilman

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Location:

Online. Register to receive the link.

 

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