Description: Further DetailsTitle: Vital QuestionCondition: NewSubtitle: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex LifeISBN-10: 0393352978EAN: 9780393352979ISBN: 9780393352979Publisher: WW Norton & CoFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/23/2016Description: The Earth teems with life: in its oceans, forests, skies and cities. Yet there’s a black hole at the heart of biology. We do not know why complex life is the way it is, or, for that matter, how life first began. In The Vital Question, award-winning author and biochemist Nick Lane radically reframes evolutionary history, putting forward a solution to conundrums that have puzzled generations of scientists. For two and a half billion years, from the very origins of life, single-celled organisms such as bacteria evolved without changing their basic form. Then, on just one occasion in four billion years, they made the jump to complexity. All complex life, from mushrooms to man, shares puzzling features, such as sex, which are unknown in bacteria. How and why did this radical transformation happen? The answer, Lane argues, lies in energy: all life on Earth lives off a voltage with the strength of a lightning bolt. Building on the pillars of evolutionary theory, Lane’s hypothesis draws on cutting-edge research into the link between energy and cell biology, in order to deliver a compelling account of evolution from the very origins of life to the emergence of multicellular organisms, while offering deep insights into our own lives and deaths. Both rigorous and enchanting, The Vital Question provides a solution to life’s vital question: why are we as we are, and indeed, why are we here at all?Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 211mmItem Length: 140mmItem Width: 25mmItem Weight: 291gAuthor: Nick LaneGenre: Science Nature & MathRelease Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Vital Question
Title: Vital Question
Subtitle: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
ISBN-10: 0393352978
EAN: 9780393352979
ISBN: 9780393352979
Release Date: 08/23/2016
Release Year: 2016
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Vital Question
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
Publication Year: 2016
Item Height: 0.9 in
Topic: Life Sciences / Cell Biology, Life Sciences / Biochemistry, Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / Biology
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Science
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Nick Lane
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
