num_pages: 384
description: In Oxygen , Nick Lane takes the reader on an enthralling journey as he unravels the unexpected ways in which oxygen spurred the evolution of life and death. He shows how oxygen underpins the origin of biological complexity, the birth of photosynthesis, the sudden evolution of animals, the needfor two sexes, the accelerated aging of cloned animals like Dolly the sheep, and the surprisingly long lives of bats and birds. Drawing on this grand evolutionary canvas, Oxygen offers fresh perspectives on our own lives and deaths, explaining modern killer diseases, why we age, and what we can doabout it. Advancing revelatory new ideas, following chains of evidence, the book ranges through many disciplines, from environmental sciences to molecular medicine. The result is a captivating vision of contemporary science and a humane synthesis of our place in nature. This remarkable book willredefine the way we think about the world.
language: English
title: Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World
titlecomplete: Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World (Popular Science)
genres: Nature, Science Nature, History, Popular Science, Biology, Chemistry, Science, Natural History, Nonfiction, Evolution
ratings_count: 2607
publisher: Oxford University Press