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Life Ascending
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Author : Nick Lane
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2010-10-01
Life Ascending written by Nick Lane and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-01 with Science categories.
Winner of the 2010 Royal Society Prize for science books Powerful new research methods are providing fresh and vivid insights into the makeup of life. Comparing gene sequences, examining the atomic structure of proteins and looking into the geochemistry of rocks have all helped to explain creation and evolution in more detail than ever before. Nick Lane uses the full extent of this new knowledge to describe the ten greatest inventions of life, based on their historical impact, role in living organisms today and relevance to current controversies. DNA, sex, sight and consciousnesses are just four examples. Lane also explains how these findings have come about, and the extent to which they can be relied upon. The result is a gripping and lucid account of the ingenuity of nature, and a book which is essential reading for anyone who has ever questioned the science behind the glories of everyday life.
The Vital Question
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Author : Nick Lane
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2015-04-23
The Vital Question written by Nick Lane and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-23 with Science categories.
Why is life the way it is? Bacteria evolved into complex life just once in four billion years of life on earth-and all complex life shares many strange properties, from sex to ageing and death. If life evolved on other planets, would it be the same or completely different? In The Vital Question, Nick Lane radically reframes evolutionary history, putting forward a cogent solution to conundrums that have troubled scientists for decades. The answer, he argues, lies in energy: how all life on Earth lives off a voltage with the strength of a bolt of lightning. In unravelling these scientific enigmas, making sense of life's quirks, Lane's explanation provides a solution to life's vital questions: why are we as we are, and why are we here at all? This is ground-breaking science in an accessible form, in the tradition of Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species, Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene, and Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel.
Power Sex Suicide
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Author : Nick Lane
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2005-10-13
Power Sex Suicide written by Nick Lane and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-10-13 with Science categories.
Mitochondria are tiny structures located inside our cells that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and in that sense, they are fundamental for driving complex life on the planet. But there is much more to them than that. Mitochondria have their own DNA, with their own small collection of genes, separate from those in the cell nucleus. It is thought that they were once bacteria living independent lives. Their enslavement within the larger cell was a turning point in the evolution of life, enabling the development of complex organisms and, closely related, the origin of two sexes. Unlike the DNA in the nucleus, mitochondrial DNA is passed down exclusively (or almost exclusively) via the female line. That's why it has been used by some researchers to trace human ancestry daughter-to-mother, to 'Mitochondrial Eve'. Mitochondria give us important information about our evolutionary history. And that's not all. Mitochondrial genes mutate much faster than those in the nucleus because of the free radicals produced in their energy-generating role. This high mutation rate lies behind our ageing and certain congenital diseases. The latest research suggests that mitochondria play a key role in degenerative diseases such as cancer, through their involvement in precipitating cell suicide. Mitochondria, then, are pivotal in power, sex, and suicide. In this fascinating and thought-provoking book, Nick Lane brings together the latest research findings in this exciting field to show how our growing understanding of mitochondria is shedding light on how complex life evolved, why sex arose (why don't we just bud?), and why we age and die. This understanding is of fundamental importance, both in understanding how we and all other complex life came to be, but also in order to be able to control our own illnesses, and delay our degeneration and death. 'An extraordinary account of groundbreaking modern science... The book abounds with interesting and important ideas.' Mark Ridley, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
Eros Ascending
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Author : John Maxwell Taylor
language : en
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Release Date : 2011-07-05
Eros Ascending written by John Maxwell Taylor and has been published by North Atlantic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-05 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
***FINALIST, USA Best Books 2010 Awards – Spirituality & Self-Help: Relationships The quest for lasting love is one of life’s essential pursuits, in some ways the most essential. But it’s also a quest that’s impossible to separate from spiritual and sexual needs. In Eros Ascending, author John Maxwell Taylor offers a wide-ranging study of sexual dysfunction in society and explains how healthy sexuality can be an entryway to universal love and higher consciousness. Based on Taylor’s twenty-three-year experience with Taoist practices, the book presents an engaging analysis of love, relationships, and sexuality from spiritual, romantic, and sexual perspectives. Taylor melds essential ideas by Jung, Gurdjieff, and Taoist Master Mantak Chia with science, biology, spiritual tradition, and current popular culture to shed new light on this eternal yet misunderstood subject. Not just for couples, the book is equally useful for single people who want to understand the methods for “learning to love yourself ” in preparation for a fulfilling, long-term relationship. Taylor draws on his eclectic background as a successful playwright, composer, actor, and musician in this persuasive plan for converting ordinary sexual energy into food for the soul.
Ascending With Both Feet On The Ground Words To Awaken Your Heart
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Author : Jeff Brown
language : en
Publisher: New Leaf Distribution
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Ascending With Both Feet On The Ground Words To Awaken Your Heart written by Jeff Brown and has been published by New Leaf Distribution this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
The Life We Lead
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Author : George Nagle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-09-18
The Life We Lead written by George Nagle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-18 with categories.
My Life Ascending Stars
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Author : Frantzdy Bessard Georges
language : en
Publisher: Frantzdy B Georges
Release Date : 2021-11-13
My Life Ascending Stars written by Frantzdy Bessard Georges and has been published by Frantzdy B Georges this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-13 with Fiction categories.
Coming FROM HUMBLE ROOTS IN THE dominican republic AND BEING A SMALL TOWN BOY WHO GREW UP on a farm, i want to share my story with the world. I want to narrate my struggles, share the stories of my parents and grandparents who shaped me to be the person i have become and inspire those who struggle like me. I want them to know that there is hope and a lot of possibilities, and inspiration for those who feel like being from a poor untry will lead them down a path of nothingness. Humans are capable of brilliance, and i want to inspire those who come from backgrounds and walks of life like the one i had come from. I want them to know that despite growing up in a village, i ended up attending the very best of schools within the country and later on moved to the united states. All hope is not lost for us. I want to share how education, having strong role models, and a resilient will power can really help transform your life and pay off in the end.
Lithuania Ascending
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Author : S. C. Rowell
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-03-06
Lithuania Ascending written by S. C. Rowell and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-06 with History categories.
This book, first published in 1994, studies the rise of a pagan state in late medieval Christendom against a background of crises in Europe.
Life Ascending
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Author : Alexander Frank Skutch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Life Ascending written by Alexander Frank Skutch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Science categories.
Discusses the evolution of life on the planet earth from a philosophical viewpoint and examines earth's place in the universe
Transformer
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Author : Nick Lane
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2022-05-19
Transformer written by Nick Lane and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-19 with Science categories.
'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? In Transformer, Nick Lane turns the standard view upside down, capturing an extraordinary scientific renaissance that is hiding in plain sight. At its core is an amazing cycle of reactions that uses energy to transform inorganic molecules into the building blocks of life - and the reverse. To understand this cycle is to fathom the deep coherence of the living world. It connects the origin of life with the devastation of cancer, the first photosynthetic bacteria with our own mitochondria, sulphurous sludges with the emergence of consciousness, and the trivial differences between ourselves with the large-scale history of our planet.