Talk:What is Life? (Schrödinger)
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I have seen the suggestion that Schrödinger, had he been more familiar with organic chemistry, probably would have known and used the term "polymer" rather than "aperiodic crystal" in his book. I'll try to find the source of this suggestion. --JWSchmidt 18:52, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
In the content description, we should probably use the term also used by Schrödinger. But a section on the present perspective on this book is still missing and such a suggestion should be mentioned there. I could try to write such a section, but maybe you have a better overview on this topic. Markus Schmaus 22:37, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
It is in Chapter 5 of The Eighth Day of Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Biology by Horace Freeland Judson. Judson says that Crick was excited by "What is Life?" because it suggested that exciting discoveries could be made in biology. With respect to Schrodinger using the term "aperiodic crystal", Judson quotes Francis Crick, "I don't suppose the man had ever heard of a polymer!" --JWSchmidt 02:57, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
