The work of Nobel Prize-winner Erwin Schrodinger "What is Life?" is one of the great classic texts of the 20th century. Written for the "common man," the simple knowledge-seeking reader, it has proven to be a powerful stimulus for the birth of molecular biology and the subsequent discovery of DNA. "What is Life?" is published here along with "Mind and Matter," Schrodinger's essay that explores a relationship that has eluded and puzzled philosophers since ancient times, while the Greek reader will additionally have the opportunity to read, in this volume, the Autobiographical Sketches of Schrodinger, which provide a concise yet captivating narrative of his life as a backdrop to his scientific texts.