Der Teil und das Ganze
encounters and conversations
by Werner Heisenberg · first published 1969
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…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".
on “What Is Life? (1944) [pdf]” ↗…itself. [To demonstrate the breadth of Bildung in even something like the physical sciences e.g. Einstein was familiar with Kant's a priori framework of space and time, Heisenberg's autobiographical book Der Teil und das Ganze was motivated by: "I wanted to show that science is done by people, and the most wonderful ideas come from dialog".] Schopenhauer arrives at the realization because of the groundwork done by Kant (which…
on “Why are there so many rationalist cults?” ↗