![]() The book brings to life the chemistry that brings us to life. a dramatically revisionist account origins of life * New Yorker *Ī thrilling tour of the remarkable stories behind the discoveries of some of life's key metabolic pathways and mechanisms. this is a book filled with big ideas, many of which are bold instances of lateral thinking * New Scientist *īold. ![]() One of the most creative of today's biologists. Publisher: Profile Books Ltd ISBN: 9781788160551 Number of pages: 400 Weight: 320 g Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 28 mm Edition: Main MEDIA REVIEWS It connects the origin of life with the devastation of cancer, the first photosynthetic bacteria with our own mitochondria, sulphurous sludges with the emergence of consciousness, and the trivial differences between ourselves with the large-scale history of our planet. To understand this cycle is to fathom the deep coherence of the living world. ![]() At its core is an amazing cycle of reactions that uses energy to transform inorganic molecules into the building blocks of life - and the reverse. In Transformer, Nick Lane turns the standard view upside down, capturing an extraordinary scientific renaissance that is hiding in plain sight. A better question goes back to the formative years of biology: what processes animate cells and set them apart from lifeless matter? Yet there is no difference in information content between a living cell and one that died a moment ago. 'One of my favourite science writers' Bill Gatesįor decades, biology has been dominated by information - the power of genes. ![]()
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