Key Ideas

1. Life is characterized by an ordering principle that cannot be fully explained by classical physics. Schrödinger argues that there must be a fundamental physical basis for life's organization.

2. Schrödinger proposes that living organisms maintain a low entropy state, contrary to the natural tendency of the universe to increase entropy.

3. The hereditary information in living organisms is encoded in the form of a 'code-script,' which Schrödinger suggests must be a stable molecular structure.

4. Schrödinger suggests that the storage of hereditary information requires a physical carrier....
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