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name: schrodinger-1944
description: Apply the Schrödinger 1944 — What Is Life? article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
---

# Schrödinger 1944 — What Is Life?

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/schrodinger-1944). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/schrodinger-1944.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/schrodinger-1944/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

The Source Erwin Schrödinger. What Is Life? The Physical Aspect of the Living Cell. Cambridge University Press, 1944. No DOI — published as monograph lecture series, Trinity College Dublin, February 1943. The Claim Life is not magic. It is 

## Representations

- Human: /a/schrodinger-1944
- JSON: /api/articles/schrodinger-1944
- Relationships: /api/articles/schrodinger-1944/topology
- History: /api/articles/schrodinger-1944/revisions