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008			150418s2015 nyua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2015004610
020			_a9780393088816 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0393088812 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)891611197
037			_bW W Norton & Co Inc, Keystone Industrial Park Attn Mike Charnogursky 800 Keystone Industrial Park, Scranton, PA, USA, 18512 _nSAN 202-5795
050	0	0	_aQH325 _b.L36 2015
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092			_a576.83 _bL266v
100	1		_aLane, Nick, _d1967- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe vital question : _benergy, evolution, and the origins of complex life / _cNick Lane.
250			_aFirst American edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bW.W. Norton & Company, _c[2015]
300			_a360 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 306-333) and index.
505	0		_aPart 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 origins of complex cells ; Sex and the origins of death -- Part IV: Predictions. The power and the glory -- Epilogue: From the deep.
520			_aA 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.
520			_a"To explain the mystery of how life evolved on Earth, Nick Lane explores the deep link between energy and genes. 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?"--Publisher's description.
546			_aText in English.
650		0	_aLife _xOrigin.
650		0	_aCells _xEvolution.
650		0	_aEnergy metabolism.
650		7	_aCells _xEvolution. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00850261
650		7	_aEnergy metabolism. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00910189
650		7	_aLife _xOrigin. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00998169
650		7	_aBiogenese _2gnd
650		7	_aChemische Evolution _2gnd
650		7	_aLeben _2gnd
655		4	_aNonfiction.
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