Bringing physics to bear on the phenomenon of life: the divergent positions of Bohr, Delbrück, and Schrödinger

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 433-458

  Domondon, Andrew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biology; Complementarity; Erwin Schr dinger; Max Delbr ck; Niels Bohr; Physics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

BIOLOGY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 33748482176     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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