Life and Mind, Past and Future: Schrödinger's Vision Fifty Years Later
Avshalom C. Elitzur
Life and Mind, Past and Future:Schrödinger's Vision Fifty Years Later Avshalom C. Elitzur Avshalom C. Elitzur Department of Chemical Physics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel References 1. SCHRÖDINGER, E. What is Life? The Physical Aspect of the Living Cell. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1945. Google Scholar 2. PERUTZ, M. F. Physics and the riddles of life. Nature 326:555-558, 1987. Google Scholar 3. PERUTZ, M. F. Erwin Schrödinger's What is Life? and molecular biology. In Schrödinger: Centenary Celebration of a Polymath, edited by C. W. KILMISTER. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1987. Google Scholar 4. PAULING, L. Schrödinger's contribution to chemistry and biology. In Schrödinger: Centenary Celebration of a Polymath, edited by C. W. KILMISTER. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1987. Google Scholar 5. YOCKEY, H. P. Information Theory and Molecular Biology. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1992. Google Scholar 6. LEFF, S. H. and REX, A. F. Maxwell's Demon: Entropy, Information, Computing. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 1990. Google Scholar 7. PENROSE, R. The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics. New York: Vintage, 1989. Google Scholar 8. BRILLOUIN, L. Scientific Uncertainty, and Information. New York: Academic Press, 1964. Google Scholar 9. ELITZUR, A. C. Let there be life: Thermodynamic reflections on biogenesis and evolution. J. Theor. Biol. 168, 1994 (forthcoming). Google Scholar 10. EIGEN, M. Steps towards Life: A Perspective on Evolution. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1992. Google Scholar 11. VON NEUMANN, J. Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata. Urbana, Ill.: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1966. Google Scholar 12. ELITZUR, A. C. Is there no information in thermodynamics? A book review of Information Theory and Molecular Biology by H. P. Yockey (1992). Contemp. Phys. 34, 1994 (forthcoming). Google Scholar 13. LIFSON, S. Autocatalysis, natural selection, life and its origin. Preprint, Dept. of Chemical Physics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 1994. Google Scholar 14. SMITH, T. F., and MOROWITZ, H. J. Between history and physics. J. Molec. Evol. 18:265-282, 1982. Google Scholar 15. WEBER, B. H.; DEPEW, D. J.; DYKE, C.; et al. Evolution in thermodynamic perspective: An ecological approach. Biol, and Philos. 4:373-405, 1989. Google Scholar 16. ORGEL, L. Molecular replication. Nature 358:203-209, 1992. Google Scholar 17. SCHNEIDER, E. D. Thermodynamics, ecological succession, and natural selection: A common thread. In Entropy, Information, and Evolution, edited by B. H. WEBER, D. J. DEPEW, and J. D. SMITH. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1988. Google Scholar 18. ROBERTSON, D. S. Feedback theory and Darwinian evolution. J. Theor. Biol. 152:469-484, 1991. Google Scholar 19. STUART, C. I. J. M. Physical models of biological information and adaptation. J. Theor. Biol. 113:441-454, 1985. Google Scholar 20. STUART, C. I. J. M. Bio-informational equivalence. J. Theor. Biol. 113:611-636, 1985. Google Scholar 21. DENEUNBOURG, J. L.; GOSS, S.; BECKERS, R.; and SANDINI, G. Collectively self-solving problems. In Self-Organization, Emerging Properties, and Learning, edited by A. BABLOYANTZ. NATO ASI Series B-260. New York: Plenum, 1991. Google Scholar 22. LORENZ, K. The Other Side of the Mirror. New York: Harcourt, 1973. Google Scholar 23. WYNNE-EDWARDS, V. C. Animal Dispersion in Relation to Social Behavior. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1962. Google Scholar 24. MAYR, E. The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1982. Google Scholar 25. HESCHL, A. L = C: A simple equation with astonishing consequences. J. Theor. Biol. 145:13-40, 1990. Google Scholar 26. WUKETITS, F. M. Evolution and cognition: Paradigms, perspectives, problems. Evol. and Cognition 1:1-29, 1991. Google Scholar 27. POPPER, K. R. Objective Knowledge: An Evolutionary Approach. Oxford: Clarendon, 1972. Google Scholar 28. DEWDNEY, A. K. The Armchair Universe: An Exploration of Computer Universes. New York: Freeman, 1988. Google Scholar 29. HOLLAND, J. H. Genetic algorithms. Sci. Am. 267(1):44-50, 1992. Google Scholar 30. HIRATA, H. Information of organization...
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