Transformer
the deep chemistry of life and death
$25.76
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
30 October 2023
Summary
Transformer: Unlocking the Secrets of Life’s Energetic Engine
‘One of my favourite science writers’ - Bill Gates
‘Hugely important’ - Jim Al-Khalili
For decades, biology has been dominated by information - the power of genes. Yet there is no difference in information content between a living cell and one that died a moment ago. A better question goes back to the formative years of biology: what processes animate cells and set them apart from lifeless matter?
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781788160551 |
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| ISBN-10: | 178816055X |
| Author: | Nick Lane |
| Publisher: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 30 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 28mm |
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‘A stone-cold classic’ - Adam Rutherford‘One of the most creative of today’s biologists … this is a book filled with big ideas, many of which are bold instances of lateral thinking’ - New Scientist‘Bold … passionate … a dramatically revisionist account [of the] origins of life’ - New Yorker‘A thrilling tour of the remarkable stories behind the discoveries of some of life’s key metabolic pathways and mechanisms. He lays bare the human side of science … The book brings to life the chemistry that brings us to life … masterful’ - Science‘Deeply researched and cogently written’ - Nature
About The Author
Nick Lane
Nick Lane is a biochemist and writer. He is Professor of Evolutionary Biochemistry at University College London, and the author of Life Ascending, which won the 2010 Royal Society Prize, and The Vital Question. His excellence in communicating science was recognised by the Royal Society Faraday Prize in 2016. His lab is attempting to recreate the chemical conditions that drove the origin of life on Earth.
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