Title:
The vital question : energy, evolution, and the origins of complex life
Author:
Lane, Nick, 1967- , author.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First American edition.
Publication Information:
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.
Physical Description:
360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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.
Language:
English
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.
ISBN:
9780393088816
Format :
Book
