Most of this book should be read from a historical point of view. It is also great to read thoughts written by the scientific minds of the 20th century, whose t

Most of this book should be read from a historical point of view. It is also great to read thoughts written by the scientific minds of the 20th century, whose thought processes often went much deeper than today's scientists, trapped in a miscalibrated incentive system can go. However, if you read just a little of "What is Life?", read chapter VI on Schrödingers idea how living matter is related to negative entropy / information. This is said to contain remarkable thoughts until today, and I met two professors in computational biology by now who told me how this chapter inspired them at the beginning of their career. To those who enjoyed this one I strongly recommend Heisenbergs "Der Teil und das Ganze".