Lane, Nick
Summary: "A renowned biochemist's illuminating inquiry into the Krebs cycle and the origins of life. What brings the Earth to life, and our own lives to an end? For decades, biology has been dominated by the study of genetic information. Information is important, but it is only part of what makes us alive. Our inheritance also includes our living metabolic network, a flame passed from generation to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 572 LANLane, Nick.
Summary: "Today, mitochondria are central to research into human prehistory, genetic diseases, cell suicide, fertility, ageing, bioenergetics, sex, and the eukaryotic cell. Piecing together puzzles from the forefront of research, this book paints a sweeping canvas that will thrill all who are interested in biology, while also contributing to evolutionary thinking and debate. This is a book full of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 571.657 LANLane, Nick.
Summary: A biochemist, building on the pillars of evolutionary theory and drawing on cutting-edge research into the link between energy and genes, argues that the evolution of multicellular life was the result of a single event.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576 LANLane, Nick.
Summary: Nick Lane expertly reconstructs the history of life by describing the ten greatest inventions of evolution (including DNA, photosynthesis, sex, and sight), based on their historical impact, role in organisms today, and relevance to current controversies.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2009
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.8 LANLane, Nick.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2002