Vital question : why is life the way it is?
Lane, Nick
Vital question : why is life the way it is? - London Profile Books Ltd. 2015 - 360p.
CONTENTS
Introduction : Why is life the way it is?
Part I : The Problem
1. What is life? 19
2. What is Living? 53
Part II : The Origin of Life
3. Energy at life's origin 89
4. The emergence of cells 122
Part III : Complexity
5. The Origin of complex cells 157
6. Sex and the origins of death 192
Part IV : Predictions
7. The Power and the glory 237
Epilogue : From the deep 281
Glossary 291
Acknowledgements 300
Bibliography 306
List of illustrations 334
Index 338
9781781255964
577 / LAN
Vital question : why is life the way it is? - London Profile Books Ltd. 2015 - 360p.
CONTENTS
Introduction : Why is life the way it is?
Part I : The Problem
1. What is life? 19
2. What is Living? 53
Part II : The Origin of Life
3. Energy at life's origin 89
4. The emergence of cells 122
Part III : Complexity
5. The Origin of complex cells 157
6. Sex and the origins of death 192
Part IV : Predictions
7. The Power and the glory 237
Epilogue : From the deep 281
Glossary 291
Acknowledgements 300
Bibliography 306
List of illustrations 334
Index 338
9781781255964
577 / LAN