EAN: 9781861978189

LIFE ASCENDING - NICK LANE KARTONIERT (TB)

Winner of the 2010 Royal Society Prize for science booksPowerful new research methods are
providing fresh and vivid insights into the makeup of life. Comparing gene sequences  examining
the atomic structure of proteins and looking into the geochemistry of rocks have all helped to
explain creation and evolution in more detail than ever before. Nick Lane uses the full extent
of this new knowledge to describe the ten greatest inventions of life  based on their
historical impact  role in living organisms today and relevance to current controversies. DNA 
sex  sight and consciousnesses are just four examples.Lane also explains how these findings
have come about  and the extent to which they can be relied upon. The result is a gripping and
lucid account of the ingenuity of nature  and a book which is essential reading for anyone who
has ever questioned the science behind the glories of everyday life.

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