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Nick Lane Writer and Honorary Reader, UCL |
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Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life (OUP 2005) "Magnificent... explains life's workings, fabric and inner logic with a previously unapproachable coherence." Oliver Morton, PROSPECT Read more "Audacious... For anyone interested in some of the most profound questions of twenty-first century science. Clearly and forcefully propounded.... This is a new take on why we are here. Do, please, read this book." John F. Allen, NATURE Read more "Impressive… readable, provocative and often persuasive… undoubtedly important. This is an exciting and unusual book." Jonathan Hodgkin, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT Read more "Full of startling insights into the nature and evolution of life as we know it." THE ECONOMIST, Books of the Year 2005 |
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Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World (OUP 2002) "Highly ambitious.... Oxygen is a piece of radical scientific polemic, nothing less than a total rethink of how life evolved between about 3.5 billion and 543 million years ago, and how that relates to the diseases we suffer from today.... This is science writing at its best." Jerome Burne, FINANCIAL TIMES "Lane's book is an extraordinary orchestration of disparate scientific disciplines, connecting the origins of life on earth with disease, age and death in human beings." John Cornwell, SUNDAY TIMES, Books of the Year, 2002 "Lane has written a wonderful book about the dual role of oxygen in life and death.... This is a scientific saga as compelling as any creation myth and Lane tells it with appropriate zeal." Tim Lenton, TIMES HIGHER EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT "Enthralling.... An excellent book. It held me spellbound for a 7 hour plane flight. I recommend it unreservedly." Barry Halliwell, FREE RADICAL RESEARCH |
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About the author Nick Lane studied biochemistry at Imperial College, University of London. His doctoral research, at the Royal Free Hospital, was on oxygen free radicals and metabolic function in organ transplants. Dr Lane is an honorary reader at UCL.... Read More SPECIAL OFFER! Writers' retreat - townhouse for sale in the old quarter of Ciutadella de Menorca |