A review by shivampadho
What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches by Erwin Schrödinger

4.0

I'm in no way qualified to review this book qualitatively. However, Schrodinger wrote it with utter modesty and took swift leaps from physics to biochemistry while explaining the nature of gene theoretically.
I came upon reading it as a detour while reading 'The Gene' (which I still am reading, great book that too) due to its extensive mention and it being an inspiration to modern geneticists including Watson and Crick. This is a short read (74 pages) with lots and lots to unpack. Filled with wonderful observations and the epilogue is truly a marvelous chapter where science, philosophy and poetry merge mellifluously.
A brilliant mind-expanding read.