A BIOLOGY STUDENT READS AND COMMENTS ON SCHRÖDINGER'S WHAT IS LIFE?

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  • Inés Sánchez Túnez Universidad de Málaga Spain

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https://doi.org/10.24310/enbio.17.191.2025.21854

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DNA, Biology, entropy, mutations, order, quantum physics

Abstract

The article is a personal and analytical reflection by Inés Sánchez Túnez, a Biology student, about the book What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger. Through an interdisciplinary reading that combines quantum physics and biology, she highlights the relevance and modernity of the text, despite having been written in 1944. The article explores concepts such as negative entropy, order in living systems, the transmission of genetic information, and the theoretical anticipation of the structure of DNA through the idea of the “aperiodic crystal.” It also examines the role of mutations and the impact of physical laws on evolution and molecular stability. The article emphasizes Schrödinger's view of life as an ordered phenomenon within an entropic universe and values his proposal that life might involve physical principles yet to be discovered. With both a scientific and philosophical approach, it concludes that the true value of the book lies not in providing definitive answers, but in its ability to pose fundamental questions that gradually bring us closer to a better understanding of the phenomenon of life.

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Schrödinger, E. (2023). ¿Qué es la vida? (R. Guerrero, Trad.). Tusquets Editores. (Obra original publicada en 1944)

Published

2025-09-29

How to Cite

Sánchez Túnez, I. (2025). A BIOLOGY STUDENT READS AND COMMENTS ON SCHRÖDINGER’S WHAT IS LIFE?. Encuentros En La Biología, 17(191). https://doi.org/10.24310/enbio.17.191.2025.21854