What Is Life? published in 1944. At that time DNA was not yet accepted as the carrier of hereditary information, which only was the case after the Hershey–Chase experiment of 1952. One of the most successful branches of physics at this time was statistical physics, and quantum mechanics, a theory which is also very statistical in its nature. Schrödinger himself is one of the founding fathers of quantum mechanics. Max Delbrück's thinking about the physical basis of life was an important influence on Schrödinger. However, long before the publication of "What is Life?", geneticist and 1946 Nobel-prize winner H. J. Muller had in
Minimum Wage in Germany a suitable minimum wage amount. The first minimum wage adjustment was made in June 2016, and was followed two years later by another adjustment, in June 2018, that rose the minimum wage to 9.19€. The minimum wage was one of the most controversial topics during the 2013 legislative election campaign. While the social democratic party - SPD, the green party - die Grünen and the left-wing party - die Linke, were in favor of a general minimum wage, the liberal party – FDP, and the conservative party – CDU, remained skeptical Leading economic research institutions, such as the CESifo Group