The vital question : why is life the way it is? / Nick Lane.

  • Lane, Nick, 1967-
Date:
2015
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Publication/Creation

London : Profile Books, 2015.

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360 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : why is life the way it is? -- 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 origin of complex cells -- Sex and the origins of death -- Part IV. Predictions. The power and the glory -- Epilogue : from the deep.

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    History of Medicine
    AOS /LAN
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  • 9781781250365
  • 1781250367