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The vital question : energy, evolution, and the origins of complex life / Nick Lane.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lane, Nick, 1967- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Life--Origin.
- Life.
- Cells--Evolution.
- Cells.
- Energy metabolism.
- Physical Description:
- 360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Other Title:
- Vital question : why is life the way it is?
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.
- 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.
- Contents:
- Part I: The problem. What is life? ; What is living?
- Part II: The origin of life. Energy at life's origin ; The emergence of cells
- Part III: Complexity. The origins of complex cells ; Sex and the origins of death
- Part IV: Predictions. The power and the glory
- Epilogue: From the deep.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0393088812
- 9780393088816
- OCLC:
- 891611197
- Publisher Number:
- 99963956761
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