Erwin Schrödinger Quote

A living organism [...] feeds upon negative entropy...Thus the device by which an organism maintains itself stationary at a fairly high level of orderliness (fairly low level of entropy) really consists in continually sucking orderliness from its environment.


What is Life? (1944), 73–5


A living organism [...] feeds upon negative entropy...Thus the device by which an organism maintains itself stationary at a fairly high level of...

A living organism [...] feeds upon negative entropy...Thus the device by which an organism maintains itself stationary at a fairly high level of...

A living organism [...] feeds upon negative entropy...Thus the device by which an organism maintains itself stationary at a fairly high level of...

A living organism [...] feeds upon negative entropy...Thus the device by which an organism maintains itself stationary at a fairly high level of...