The Vital Question
by Nick Lane
Why is life the way it is? Energy, proton gradients, the origin of complex cells from a single merger. Lane's bold, biochemical answer.
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Three things you will actually use
- Energy constrains life.
- Complex life happened once.
- Follow the protons.
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Read the chapters on the origin of eukaryotes.
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