In 1944 Nobel Laureate Erwin Schrodinger (Physics, 1933) sought to understand bi
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In 1944 Nobel Laureate Erwin Schrodinger (Physics, 1933) sought to understand biology as a physicist would, and tackle the most fundamental of questions that plagues biologists: What is Life? His short monograph aptly titled What is Life? was based on a series of lectures delivered under the auspices of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies at Trinity College, Dublin, in February 1943. This is perhaps the first ever text on biophysics and was far ahead of its time. In this book Schrodinger says "an organism feeds with negative entropy." What does he mean by this? One argument against Darwin's theory of evolution draws upon the second law of thermodynamics. This is because organisms are highly ordered and they continually create highly ordered structures in cell from less-ordered nutrient molecules. Does this mean that organisms violate the Second Law of Thermodynamics? Explain.Explanation / Answer
A)Schrodinger pointed out: An organism feeds with negative entropy. His arguments demonstrate that life possesses lower entropy. check page number 70 of http://books.google.co.in/books?id=dg2bYMwdaBwC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false