具体描述
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.
作者简介
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.
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做编辑多年，一直觉得内地的图书出版有个让人尴尬的现象：人文类书籍出版太多，科普类则出版太少。 想想原因，其实不难理解：一是不好读，相较于人文类图书的软糯适口，科普书籍多是以硬货为主，一旦专业知识涉及较深，普通读者必然消化不了；二是不好写，科普写作的门槛较高，...
评分1、可持续的能量利用形式，最中心的循环反应。 2、复制，海底喷泉口的矿物小孔。 3、能够利用光，能量来源极大飞跃。 4、进化，如果说有方向，就是进化出的物种对环境的适应能力、掌控能力越来越强，从能量利用到运动，到视觉，到热血，到意识，再到文化。 5、死亡，困惑的发明...
评分死亡是不朽的代价。生命最后面对的都是衰老和死亡，对DNA的研究逐步解开衰老之谜。科学家发现低自由基等于长寿，即限制热量会带来长寿。 热量限制让基因把注意力转到个体维护。如果中年开始限制热量，等于把身体重置到青年的状态。限制热量的方法是“轻断食”，即有规律的禁食...
用户评价
Nick Lane是那种胆大有见地的科学家，不光自己研究做得好，各派观点融会贯通。干货多，包袱抖得勤，哲学艺术功底深，文笔也好。十分推荐一读。
评分Fascinating book. One of the best on evolution
评分深刻优美
评分虽然今年读了许多好书，但这本很可能还是最出色的一本。
评分深刻优美
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