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Lane, Nick (Reader in Evolutionary Biochemistry, Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College of London)

Oxygen

The Molecule That Made the World

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Oxygen is the engine of life and evolution. This book explores the impact that oxygen has had on Earth, and the history of life. 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.

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  • ISBN: 978-0-19-878493-7
  • EAN: 9780198784937
  • Produktnummer: 19518580
  • Verlag: Oxford University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
  • Seitenangabe: 400 S.
  • Masse: H13.1 cm x B19.7 cm x D2.4 cm 294 g
  • Abbildungen: 13 black and white illustrations
  • Gewicht: 294
  • Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor


Dr Nick Lane is a British biochemist and writer. He was awarded the first Provost's Venture Research Prize in the Department of Genetics, Evolution, and Environment at University College London, where he is now a Reader in Evolutionary Biochemistry. Dr Lane's research deals with evolutionary biochemistry and bioenergetics, focusing on the origin of life and the evolution of complex cells. Dr Lane was a founding member of the UCL Consortium for Mitochondrial Research,and is leading the UCL Research Frontiers Origins of Life programme. He was awarded the 2011 BMC Research Award for Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Evolution, and the 2015 Biochemical Society Award for his sustained and diverse contribution to the molecular life sciences and the publicunderstanding of science. His books include Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World (OUP, 2002), and Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life (OUP, 2005).

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