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Life Ascending

The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution

By Nick Lane

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| Paperback | 9780393338669

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“Original and awe-inspiring . . . an exhilarating tour of some of the most profound and important ideas in biology.”—New Scientist Where does DNA come from? What is consciousness? How did the eye evolve? Drawing on a treasure trove of new scientific knowledge, Nick Lane expertly reconstructs evolutiContinue

“Original and awe-inspiring . . . an exhilarating tour of some of the most profound and important ideas in biology.”—New Scientist Where does DNA come from? What is consciousness? How did the eye evolve? Drawing on a treasure trove of new scientific knowledge, Nick Lane expertly reconstructs evolution’s history by describing its ten greatest inventions—from sex and warmth to death—resulting in a stunning account of nature’s ingenuity. 20 figures

Nick Lane is a biochemist and honorary reader at University College London, where he lives. His book Power, Sex, Suicide was named an Economist Book of the Year and was shortlisted for the Aventis Science Book Prize.

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  • Ten steps to life as we know it

    Life began in a world that we would not now recognise. The skies were orange or dusty red, the oceans were certainly not blue, and almost certainly not salt. There would have been no significant land: just a scattering of volcanic peaks pushing above ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 344 Pages
  • Edition: 1
  • ISBN-10: 0393338665
  • ISBN-13: 9780393338669
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
  • Pub date: Jun 14, 2010
  • Dimensions: 1329 mm x 903 mm x 116 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Others
  • In other languages: other languages Libros en Español
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