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Power, Sex, Suicide
by Nick Lane
Mitochondria and the meaning of life: why they drive aging, sex, death and complexity. Dense, exciting biochemistry.
Read it if…
you want mitochondria as the key to everything.
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Skip it if…
you want a lighter book.
Try instead: Oxygen: The Molecule That Made the World →
Three things you will actually use
- Mitochondria rule.
- Aging is energetic.
- Sex exists for mitochondria.
Do this first
Read the chapters on aging.
Our verdict
Lane on mitochondria.
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