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 his...
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.
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.
这是一个氧化还原反应，电子从供体（氢）转移到了更想要电子的受体（氧），形成了水，这是热力学上稳定的终产物。所有的氧化还原反应，都是电子从体转移到了受体；值得注意的是，所有的生命，不管是细菌还是人，其能量来面都是某一种电子转移。正如匈牙利诺贝尔奖得主阿尔伯特・圣捷尔吉（ Albert SGyorgy）所言：“生命只不过是一个电子在寻找安息之所。” (查看原文)
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0 有用 momo 2019-06-09 16:56:55
深刻优美
0 有用 Bo 2024-02-07 13:36:48 广东
没他其它的好
1 有用 Mandara 2013-04-04 08:14:51
Astonishing. 生命的珍贵和伟大
1 有用 optman 2016-07-05 23:44:20
关于性的那章，解除了我一直以来的疑惑。如果只靠变异，一个基因要消亡必须是所有个体的消亡，并且没有后代，非常残酷。如果是这样，我们有这么多共性，必然是共祖的，那也不太像。正解应该是性，可以融合基因，同时逐渐把坏基因淡出，这样就比较温和。
0 有用 Happyman 2019-04-09 15:44:00
还行，有点啰嗦