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.
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...
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...
評分 評分BB:看书名好像不知道说什么。 AA:可以看副标题啊。 BB:也可以。如果把书名改成生命的进化或生命的演化,可能就没什么新意了。所以用了一个高级一点的词汇。 AA:正是英语老师教过的。 BB:不过并没有什么帮助。本书2009年出版,当然是说英文版,中文版要到2016年。讲演化的...
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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。
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评分Nick Lane是那種膽大有見地的科學傢,不光自己研究做得好,各派觀點融會貫通。乾貨多,包袱抖得勤,哲學藝術功底深,文筆也好。十分推薦一讀。
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