What is life? : the physical aspect of the living cell

Preface 1. The classical physicist's approach to the subject 2. The hereditary mechanism 3. Mutations 4. The quantum-mechanical evidence 5. Delbruck's model discussed and tested 6. Order, disorder and entropy 7. Is life based on the laws of physics? Epilogue: on determinism and free will Mind and Matter: 1. The physical basis of consciousness 2. The future of understanding 3. The principle of objectivation 4. The arithmetical paradox: the oneness of mind 5. Science and religion 6. The mystery of the sensual qualities Autobiographical sketches (translated from the German by Schrodinger's granddaughter Verena).