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23 produkter
Vital Question
Why is life the way it is?
Av Nick Lane
Häftad, 2016
178 kr
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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, …
Life Ascending
The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
Av Nick Lane
Häftad, 2010
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
178 kr
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Winner of the 2010 Royal Society Prize for science booksPowerful 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 …
Transformer
The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death
Av Nick Lane
Häftad, 2023
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
203 kr
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'One of my favourite science writers' Bill Gates'Hugely important' Jim Al-Khalili'A profound meditation on metabolism, the Krebs cycle & the origin of life' Anil SethFor decades, biology has been dominated by information - the power of genes. Yet there is no difference in information content …
Power, Sex, Suicide
Mitochondria and the meaning of life
Av Nick Lane
Häftad, 2018
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
146 kr
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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. …
Transformer
The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death
Av Nick Lane
E-bok, 2022
166 kr
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''One of my favourite science writers'' Bill Gates''Hugely important'' Jim Al-Khalili''A profound meditation on metabolism, the Krebs cycle & the origin of life'' Anil SethFor decades, biology has been dominated by information - the power of genes. Yet there is no difference in information content …
Oxygen
The molecule that made the world
Av Nick Lane
E-bok, 2002
151 kr
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Oxygen has had extraordinary effects on life. Three hundred million years ago, in Carboniferous times, dragonflies grew as big as seagulls, with wingspans ofnearly a metre. Researchers claim they could have flown only if the air had contained more oxygen than today -probably as much as 35 per cent. …
Oxygen
The molecule that made the world
Av Nick Lane
Häftad, 2016
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
140 kr
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Oxygen has had extraordinary effects on life. Three hundred million years ago, in Carboniferous times, dragonflies grew as big as seagulls, with wingspans ofnearly a metre. Researchers claim they could have flown only if the air had contained more oxygen than today -probably as much as 35 per cent. …
Life Ascending
The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
Av Nick Lane
Häftad, 2010
240 kr
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Where does DNA come from? What is consciousness? How did the eye evolve? Drawing on a treasure trove of new scientific knowledge, Nick Lane expertly reconstructs evolution’s history by describing its ten greatest inventions—from sex and warmth to death—resulting in a stunning account of nature’s …
Oxygen
The molecule that made the world
Av Nick Lane
E-bok, 2002
151 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Oxygen has had extraordinary effects on life. Three hundred million years ago, in Carboniferous times, dragonflies grew as big as seagulls, with wingspans ofnearly a metre. Researchers claim they could have flown only if the air had contained more oxygen than today -probably as much as 35 per cent. …
Power, Sex, Suicide
Mitochondria and the meaning of life
Av Nick Lane
E-bok, 2018
110 kr
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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. …
Power, Sex, Suicide
Mitochondria and the meaning of life
Av Nick Lane
E-bok, 2018
110 kr
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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. …
Life in the Frozen State
Av Barry J. Fuller, Nick Lane m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
1039 kr
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While it is barely 50 years since the first reliable reports of the recovery of living cells frozen to cryogenic temperatures, there has been tremendous growth in the use of cryobiology in medicine, agriculture, horticulture, forestry, and the conservation of endangered or economically important …
Vital Question – Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
Av Nick Lane
Häftad, 2016
258 kr
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The Earth teems with life: in its oceans, forests, skies and cities. Yet there's a black hole at the heart of biology. We do not know why complex life is the way it is, or, for that matter, how life first began. In The Vital Question , award-winning author and biochemist Nick Lane radically …
Life in the Frozen State
Av Barry J. Fuller, Nick Lane m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
3147 kr
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While it is barely 50 years since the first reliable reports of the recovery of living cells frozen to cryogenic temperatures, there has been tremendous growth in the use of cryobiology in medicine, agriculture, horticulture, forestry, and the conservation of endangered or economically important …
Life in the Frozen State
Av Erica E. Benson, Nick Lane m. fl.
E-bok, 2004
1231 kr
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While it is barely 50 years since the first reliable reports of the recovery of living cells frozen to cryogenic temperatures, there has been tremendous growth in the use of cryobiology in medicine, agriculture, horticulture, forestry, and the conservation of endangered or economically important …
Life in the Frozen State
Av Erica E. Benson, Nick Lane m. fl.
E-bok, 2004
1231 kr
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While it is barely 50 years since the first reliable reports of the recovery of living cells frozen to cryogenic temperatures, there has been tremendous growth in the use of cryobiology in medicine, agriculture, horticulture, forestry, and the conservation of endangered or economically important …
Transformer – The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death
The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death
Av Nick Lane
Häftad, 2023
219 kr
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What brings the Earth to life, and our own lives to an end? For decades, biology has been dominated by the study of genetic information. Information is important, but it is only part of what makes us alive. Our inheritance also includes our living metabolic network, a flame passed from generation …
Sherlock Holmes - The Valley of Fear
Av Nick Lane
Häftad, 2022
198 kr
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" It is the Valley of Fear, the Valley of Death. The terror is in the hearts of the people from the dusk to the dawn" Crammed full of adventure, mystery and of course one or two rather brilliant deductions, The Valley Of Fear is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's thrilling final Sherlock Holmes novel, …
Life Ascending
The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
Av Nick Lane
E-bok, 2010
157 kr
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Winner of the 2010 Royal Society Prize for science booksPowerful 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 …
Vital Question
Why is life the way it is?
Av Nick Lane
E-bok, 2015
157 kr
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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, …
Transformer
The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death
Av Nick Lane
Inbunden, 2022
290 kr
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'One of my favourite science writers' Bill GatesFor decades, biology has been dominated by information - the power of genes. Yet in terms of information there is no difference between a living cell and one that died a moment ago. What really animates cells and sets them apart from non-living …
