Nick Lane, Reader in Evolutionary Biochemistry, Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College of LondonÄr Nick Lane is a British biochemist and writer. Part of the Oxford Landmark Science range: 'must-read' modern science and big ideas, which have shaped the way we think.Offers fresh perspectives on our own lives and deaths, explaining why we age and what we can do about it.Links the extremes of the living world, from bacterial tolerance of cosmic radiation, to the organization of our own bodies, to the extinction of the dinosaurs in a global firestorm.Shows how oxygen drove the evolution of sophisticated cells, multicellular organisms, large animals and plants, photosynthesis, predators, giant insects, two sexes, and ageing.drawing on geology, cosmology, chemistry, biology, and medicine Explaining the rise of animals and plants, the origin of two sexes, and the evolution of ageing and death, it offers fresh perspectives on our own lives, explaining why we age and what we can do about it. This book explores the impact that oxygen has had on Earth, and the history of life. Oxygen is the engine of life and evolution.
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