The title of the lecture "What is Life?", was disarming in its simplicity but it was to prove to be profound in its impact. Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger, who had fled from Nazi Germany, was ...

Some of the world's leading scientists are visiting Dublin today and tomorrow to take part in an event marking the 75th anniversary of a seminal series of lectures given here by an Austrian Nobel ...

Five Nobel Prize winners are coming to Dublin as part of a conference marking the 75th anniversary of Erwin Schrödinger’s ‘What is Life?’ lectures at TCD. With World War II raging in continental ...

In the winter of 1943, the physicist Erwin Schrödinger invited the Dublin public to hear him deliver a series of lectures he described as “difficult” and that “could not be termed popular”. Some 400 ...

75 years ago today one of the most important scientific lectures of all time was delivered in Dublin. The first of the now renowned "What is Life" lecture series was delivered by Erwin Schrödinger at ...

Leading scientist and genomic researcher Dr Craig Venter has expressed his “honour” at being invited to Dublin to recreate one of the greatest moments in Irish scientific history. Dr Venter will be in ...