The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life

from jefware

You are a proton pump! The most exciting book of 2015.

from prichardson

The great ability of Nick Lane is the capability of taking advanced level biochemistry and explaining it to the layperson like me. I thoroughly enjoyed this book looking as it does on the very origins of life on earth and life on a quantum level. Keep pushing the protons!

from expatscot

Superbly readable book that delves deep into the structures of life. I have no background in Biology, but with a little bit of re-reading managed to make sense of this treasure trove of information. Fascinating stuff.

from stellarexplorer

I'm not going to tell you that this is a hard book, one that requires effort and repays it many times over. Because I don't want to scare you off. The book is that good. Why do I recommend this book so highly? Nick Lane is among the world's leading evolutionary biochemists, and certainly one of b...

from jsburbidge

A thoroughly interesting book on the origins of life, the origins of eukaryotic life, and some constraints on modern life from the point of view of analysing the energy pump model used by all cells ( a proton pump using ATP ADP conversion). It does go into some detail and takes its chemistry seri...