Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death

Transformer by Nick Lane is a groundbreaking exploration of the origins of life, aging, and disease.

This book reveals a scientific renaissance that has been hiding in plain sight - how the same simple chemistry gives rise to life and causes our demise.

Lane takes readers on a journey through the beautiful, violent world within our cells, where hydrogen atoms are stripped from the carbon skeletons of food and fed to the ravenous beast of oxygen.

The Krebs cycle, at the heart of metabolism, remains elusive yet holds the key to understanding the mysteries of aging and consciousness.

With Transformer, Lane offers a compelling explanation for how the same pathway can create and destroy, and what our study of the Krebs cycle might teach us about life's biggest questions.

Don't miss out on this thought-provoking and insightful journey into the origins of life and its mysteries.