Bibliograph

The vital question, energy, evolution, and the origins of complex life, Nick Lane

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The vital question, energy, evolution, and the origins of complex life, Nick Lane

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The vital question

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

891611197

Responsibility statement

Nick Lane

Sub title

energy, evolution, and the origins of complex life

Summary

A biochemist, building on the pillars of evolutionary theory and drawing on cutting-edge research into the link between energy and genes, argues that the evolution of multicellular life was the result of a single event

Table Of Contents

Why is life the way it is? -- The problem. What is life ; What is living? -- The origin of life. Energy at life's origin ; The emergence of cells -- Complexity. The origins of complex ; Sex and the origins of death -- Predictions. The power and the glory ; From the deep

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Vital question, why is life the way it is?

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