Vital Question

Award-winning biochemist Nick Lane addresses biology's central mystery: how and why complex life, including humans and features like sex, emerged after billions of years of simple single-celled organisms. In *The Vital Question*, Lane radically reframes evolutionary history, proposing that the answer lies in energy—a powerful 'voltage' inherent to all life. Drawing on cutting-edge research in cell biology, he offers a compelling account from life's origins to multicellularity, providing profound insights into our existence. "One of the deepest, most illuminating books about the history of life to have been published in recent years." ―*The Economist*. 37 illustrations.

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