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WHEN a great physicist takes the trouble to explain in simple language some of his matured thoughts on topics of general interest outside his own subject, it is an event for which one cannot be too grateful. The following remarks have been aroused by the appreciative perusal of Prof. E. Schroedinger's delightful little book "What is Life?"1.
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MANTON, I. Comments on Chromosome Structure. Nature 155, 471–473 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155471a0
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