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The vital question

energy, evolution, and the origins of complex life

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An edition of The vital question (2001)

The vital question

energy, evolution, and the origins of complex life

First American edition.

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A biochemist, building on the pillars of evolutionary theory and drawing on cutting-edge research into the link between energy and genes, argues that the evolution of multicellular life was the result of a single event.

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W. W. Norton & Company
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English
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360

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Origin, Life, Cells, Evolution, Energy metabolism, Life, origin, Biogenese, Chemische Evolution, Leben
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The Vital Question
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The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
Jun 21, 2016, W. W. Norton & Company
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The vital question: energy, evolution, and the origins of complex life
2015, W. W. Norton & Company
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Vital Question: Why Is Life the Way It Is?
2015, Profile Books Limited
in English
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Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
2015, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
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Vital Question
May 10, 2001, Profile Books, imusti
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Table of Contents

Part I: The problem. What is life? ; What is living?
Part II: The origin of life. Energy at life's origin ; The emergence of cells
Part III: Complexity. The origins of complex cells ; Sex and the origins of death
Part IV: Predictions. The power and the glory
Epilogue: From the deep.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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576.8/3
Library of Congress
QH325 .L36 2015, QH325.L36 2015

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360 pages
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360

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ISBN 10
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2015004610
OCLC/WorldCat
891611197

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OL19663289W

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