Daniel J. Nicholson

My little book on Schrödinger's famous classic 'What Is Life?' is out today! It offers the most comprehensive analysis ever undertaken of the book's origins, reception, impact, and legacy. Please share; it is free to download for the next 2 weeks! cambridge.org/core/elements/…

@grapefruitzzz @equine__dentist Is that a Kryten reference? 😀

@equine__dentist The 'last chicken in the shop' look.

this might be the best article ever written

Here's another fun deep dive on 'What Is Life? Revisited'. Surely there's nothing more to be said about Schrödinger's famous book? Think again! Join us as we travel from quantum mechanics to genetics & molecular biology via statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, & cybernetics

🎉 We are excited to announce that Dr. Daniel Nicholson (George Mason University), will deliver a talk in Session 1 Evolutionary Biology at IOCBI2026 🧠Population Thinking, Variation, and Uniqueness 📢 Free registration: shorturl.at/XUXXi #iocbi2026 #evolutionarybiology

I had SO much fun talking to Paul for almost 2 hours about my new book on Schrödinger & molecular biology. Easily one of the most enjoyable podcasts I've ever done. Check it out! P.S. CUP has made the PDF of my book free to download for two more weeks. Link is in my pinned post

Note for purists: the original published version had a typo at the bottom of the first page which rendered the last sentence nonsensical. This has now been corrected in the online and PDF versions. The printed version coming out next month will also be the corrected one.

Last chance to download my book for free! It's still available until tomorrow.

@BartSzostek Thanks Bart! I'm so glad you enjoyed my Element. You should definitely follow it up with Schrödinger's What Is Life?

@NicholsonHPBio Just finished reading your publication. Thank you for such engaging and accessible book on the topic foreign to me. Naturally now I am very curious about Schrödinger's work, which I hope to read next.

My little book on Schrödinger's famous classic 'What Is Life?' is out today! It offers the most comprehensive analysis ever undertaken of the book's origins, reception, impact, and legacy. Please share; it is free to download for the next 2 weeks! cambridge.org/core/elements/…

@StructBioinfo So glad to hear this! I hope you also enjoy the second half!

What a wonderful Sunday read for me!!! Loving it! I am halfway through this and I can't seem to keep it down. This made me revisit the "What is Life?" book that I read a graduate student. Thanks for this @NicholsonHPBio !!!! I would recommend others to read this...

@AlexBuckleyBio I wouldn't say that. Take a look at my book and see if that changes you mind

@NicholsonHPBio I thought his mind and matter was more relevant to the nature of life

Every biological entity is unique; no two are exactly alike. Is this a trivial observation, or a profound metaphysical claim about the living world? Read my new paper & find out! It examines Mayr's famous (yet oft-misunderstood) idea of Population Thinking link.springer.com/article/10.100…

@anon_opin Funny your should make that comparison, as in that cover of 'Walk on By' The Stranglers are obviously paying homage to 'Light My Fire' by The Doors. The two songs have the exact same structure. And both have amazing keyboard solos.

Ray Manzarek of the Doors is overrated as a keyboard player. Dave Greenfield from the Stranglers blows him out of the water - just listen to the Stranglers cover of 'Walk on By' for incontrovertible proof.

@GregoryRupik @routledgebooks @UofT_IHPST What the philosophy of biology is not, indeed! Congratulations Greg 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

My new book arrives in the New Year! Looking forward to (March) 2024 🍾 routledge.com/Remapping-Biol…

@AFabregasT Muchísimas felicidades Dr. Fábregas y bienvenido al club! 🤓😀 Espero que lo estés celebrando como se merece. Un abrazo fuerte

Today, I successfully defended my PhD dissertation! I feel incredibly happy and grateful to all those whose support and kindness have sustained me throughout these years. #PhDone #philsci #philbio #histsci #ROTOsForever

@SabinaLeonelli Congratulations again, Sabina! How exciting ☺️☺️

Life-changing news for me.. From September 2024 I’ll take up a Chair in Philosophy & History of Science and Technology at the Technical University of Munich. Delighted to join TUM & hope to make it a hot spot for engaged ‘philosophy of science in practice’ sot.tum.de/sot/school-2/p…

@juliangough @verderisme Her 3 books on the history & philosophy of genetics, molecular biology, and development—Refiguring Life (1995), The Century of the Gene (2000), & Making Sense of Life (2002)—are magnificent. I'd start with the first of these, which is based on a series of lectures & is very short

@verderisme @NicholsonHPBio Same here, what’s the best place to start? Is there a standout book or paper you’d recommend, if someone were only to read one thing?

One of my intellectual idols passed away yesterday. Nobody has managed to integrate the history and philosophy of biology as effectively and as elegantly as Evelyn Fox Keller. Her work from the 90s/00s is unrivalled and has long served as a model and inspiration for my own. RIP.

An exciting group of fellows @Center4PhilSci this term!

@JakkeNeiro @Center4PhilSci Yes! ☺️

@NicholsonHPBio @Center4PhilSci Are you working in the Cathedral?

Excited to be spending the Fall semester as Visiting Fellow at @Center4PhilSci 📚🤓