TITLE: The Vital Question: Why Is Life the Way It Is? AUTHOR: Nick Lane DATE PUBLISHED: 2016 FORMAT: Paperback ISBN-13: 9781781250372 _____________________________________ BLURB: “There’s a black hole at the heart of biology: we do not know why life is the way it is. Bacteria evol...
This is an extremely interesting and well written book about oxygen - how oxygen spurred the evolution of life, the functioning of oxygen in biological systems, aging, how oxygen relates to everyday life (besides breathing), amongst others. The nice thing about this book is that the author assumes h...
Very interesting, nicely written book about mitochondria.
bookshelves: published-2009, winter-20112012, nonfiction, sciences, essays Recommended for: Hayes, Susanna Read from December 04, 2011 to January 03, 2012 Gram Malcolm readsnon-fictionpop-whateversno preconceived perceptions in at the deep end2009essays sciencesfraudiowinter 2011a section a day...
[11/17/2012; edited 12/11/12]This was a fascinating book. As a severe non-scientist, I sometimes had a little trouble wading through the detailed explanation of how cells work. I sometimes got frustrated with the level of detail, wanting to get the bigger picture. And sometimes he explained the s...
Yeah. So I did end up cheating a skipping the middle part of this book. I'm glad I did, since the parts I wanted to read weren't as good as I was hoping. The part about sex and gender was my favorite part, which should surprise no one that knows me. One thing I found interesting in the first parts o...
Gram Malcolm readsnon-fictionpop-whateversno preconceived perceptions in at the deep end2009essays sciencesfraudiowinter 2011a section a dayOne had better pay attention...'Life started somewhere else and infected our planet' (Hoyle). I think I want to read the Crick book that deals with extra-terres...
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