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 adjusted every two years by the German government which is consulted by a minimum wage commission. Thus, the minimum wage was at 8.84€ per hour in December 2018 and is expected to rise up to 9.19 in 2019 and to 9.35€ per hour in 2020. In order to adjust the amount of the minimum wage, the German government implemented a permanent commission, which is composed of nine commissioners. The panel includes a president, three workers’ representatives, three employers’ representatives and two economist advisors that do not have voting rights within the commission. It assesses Germany’s overall economic performance to evaluate