The vital question
Subtitle: energy, evolution, and the origins of complex life
By: Nick Lane
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780393088816
Subjects: Origin; Life; Cells; Evolution; Energy metabolism
Other titles: Vital question :
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: The problem. What is life? ; What is living?; title: Part II: The origin of life. Energy at life's origin ; The emergence of cells; title: Part III: Complexity. The origins of complex cells ; Sex and the origins of death; title: Part IV: Predictions. The power and the glory; title: Epilogue: From the deep.