Oxygen : The Molecule That Made the World

from psiloiordinary

A very mind expanding and thought provoking book. There is a lot more here than you might be expecting even from the title. What you get are new perspectives on life and death, why we age and what we might be able to do about it. Two main themes are the evolution of life and the various health cl...

from nmarun

This book can be treated as the bible of Oxygen. I enjoyed the author's style of writing about O2 and various related topics. This is a book on the chemistry of Oxygen and how it influenced the formation of life on our planet.

from MarkBeronte

In Oxygen, Nick Lane takes the reader on an enthralling journey as he unravels the unexpected ways in which oxygen spurred the evolution of life and death. He shows how oxygen underpins the origin of biological complexity, the birth of photosynthesis, the sudden evolution of animals, the need for...

from psiloiordinary

A very mind expanding and thought provoking book. There is a lot more here than you might be expecting even from the title. What you get are new perspectives on life and death, why we age and what we might be able to do about it. Two main themes are the evolution of life and the various health cl...

from dinornis

Oxygen is slowly killing me! I didn't realise it was so toxic. Unfortunately, a rudimentary knowledge of biochemistry prevented any real enjoyment of this book.