Life Ascending

Nick Lane is a biochemist and honorary reader at University College London, where he lives. His book Power, Sex, Suicide was named an Economist Book of the Year and was shortlisted for the Aventis Science Book Prize.

出版者:Profile Books

作者:Nick Lane

页数:224

出版时间:2010-01-07

价格:GBP 9.99

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9781861978189

图书标签:科普生物进化进化论英文原版神经科学evolution演化

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How did life invent itself? Where did DNA come from? How did consciousness develop? Powerful new research methods are providing vivid insights into the makeup of life. Comparing gene sequences, examining atomic structures of proteins, and looking into the geochemistry of rocks have helped explain evolution in more detail than ever before. 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. Who would have guessed that eyes started off as light-sensitive spots used to calibrate photosynthesis in algae? Or that DNA’s building blocks form spontaneously in hydrothermal vents? Lane gives a gripping, lucid account of nature’s ingenuity, and the result is a work of essential reading for anyone who has ever pondered or questioned the science underlying evolution’s greatest gifts to man.

读后感

1、可持续的能量利用形式，最中心的循环反应。 2、复制，海底喷泉口的矿物小孔。 3、能够利用光，能量来源极大飞跃。 4、进化，如果说有方向，就是进化出的物种对环境的适应能力、掌控能力越来越强，从能量利用到运动，到视觉，到热血，到意识，再到文化。 5、死亡，困惑的发明...  

毫无疑问这是本好书，从生命起源到意识问题，每一章都是生命形成和演化过程中最为关键的一个成就。虽然是科普书籍，作者却写得很生动，一点不枯燥，甚至不乏幽默。 个人觉得最好的章节还是事实证据等相对清晰的部分，比如生命起源，叶绿体，热血，肌肉等，作者不但给出了许多的...  

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Nick Lane是那种胆大有见地的科学家，不光自己研究做得好，各派观点融会贯通。干货多，包袱抖得勤，哲学艺术功底深，文笔也好。十分推荐一读。

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Nick Lane是那种胆大有见地的科学家，不光自己研究做得好，各派观点融会贯通。干货多，包袱抖得勤，哲学艺术功底深，文笔也好。十分推荐一读。