The Vital Question
2015 book by Nick Lane / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Vital Question is a book by the English biochemist Nick Lane about the way the evolution and origin of life on Earth was constrained by the provision of energy.
Author | Nick Lane |
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Subject | Origin of life |
Genre | Popularisation of science |
Publisher | Profile Books |
Publication date | 2015 |
ISBN | 978-0-393-08881-6 (Hardcover) |
The book was well received by critics; The New York Times, for example, found it "seductive and often convincing"[1] though the reviewer considered much of it speculative beyond the evidence provided. The Guardian wrote that the book presented hard evidence and tightly interlocking theory on a question once thought inaccessible to science, the origin of life.[2] New Scientist found the book's arguments powerful and persuasive with many testable ideas; that it was not easy to read was compensated by the "incredible, epic story"[3] that it told. The Telegraph wrote that the book succeeded brilliantly as science writing, expanding the reader's horizons with a gripping narrative.[4]