What brings the Earth to life, and our own lives to an end?
Nick Lane is a biochemist and writer. He is Professor of Evolutionary Biochemistry at University College London, and the author of Life Ascending, which won the 2010 Royal Society Prize, and The Vital Question, of which Bill Gates wrote 'this biology book blew me away'. His excellence in communicating science was recognised by the Royal Society Faraday Prize in 2016. His lab is attempting to recreate the chemical conditions that drove the origin of life on Earth.
'A stone-cold classic' - Adam Rutherford
'One of the most creative of today's biologists ... this is a book
filled with big ideas, many of which are bold instances of lateral
thinking' - New Scientist
'Bold ... passionate ... a dramatically revisionist account [of
the] origins of life' - New Yorker
'A thrilling tour of the remarkable stories behind the discoveries
of some of life's key metabolic pathways and mechanisms. He lays
bare the human side of science ... The book brings to life the
chemistry that brings us to life ... masterful' - Science
'Deeply researched and cogently written' - Nature
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