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Author:

Lane, Nick, 1967- author.

Title:

The vital question : energy, evolution, and the origins of complex life / Nick Lane.

Edition:

First American edition.

Publisher:

W. W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Life--Origin.
Cells--Evolution.
Energy metabolism.

Notes:

"First published in Great Britain under the title: 'The vital question: why is life the way it is?'"--Title-page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-333) and index.

Contents:

Why is life the way it is? -- The problem. What is life ; What is living? -- The origin of life. Energy at life's origin ; The emergence of cells -- Complexity. The origins of complex ; Sex and the origins of death -- Predictions. The power and the glory ; From the deep.

ISBN:

0393088812
9780393088816

OCLC:

(OCoLC)891611197

LCCN:

2015004610

Locations:

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TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

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OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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