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.
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.
生命的跃升没有使用当今什么“的崛起”这样的恶俗的名字。却写了40亿年演化史上的十大发明,莱恩用轻松而有深度的笔法,探讨了性、运动、视觉、热血、意识、死亡,从低级的生命起源,到灵长类之王——人类是怎么回事,都一一做了诠释。 看完后不禁掩卷而思,如果没有这些热血、...
評分 評分 評分生命的跃升没有使用当今什么“的崛起”这样的恶俗的名字。却写了40亿年演化史上的十大发明,莱恩用轻松而有深度的笔法,探讨了性、运动、视觉、热血、意识、死亡,从低级的生命起源,到灵长类之王——人类是怎么回事,都一一做了诠释。 看完后不禁掩卷而思,如果没有这些热血、...
評分作者是一个演化论的坚持者,这从书的副标题里就能看的出来。作者认为生命是一个演化的过程,而在这个过程中,作者选择了10个话题进行讨论。 几乎每一个话题,都能看到作者思辨的过程,这个“发明”的益处是什么?“代价”又是什么?在漫长的演化历史中,这个发明是如何被自然选...
Astonishing. 生命的珍貴和偉大
评分作者的科學寫作功底不容忽視,拋八卦和段子的能力不是一般噠。期待Ent的譯本。
评分Fascinating book. One of the best on evolution
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评分豁然開朗
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