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Nick Lane Writer and Provost's Venture Research Fellow, University College London |
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Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution (Profile/Norton 2009) "Original and awe-inspiring... an exhilarating tour of some of the most profound and important ideas in biology." Michael Le Page, NEW SCIENTIST "Excellent and imaginative... full of surprises." Lewis Wolpert, NATURE "The emergence of life itself remains obscure. But as Lane shows with clarity and vigor, fascinating studies on the subject abound.” NEW YORK TIMES "This is a science book that doesn't cheat: the structure is logical, the writing is witty, and the hard questions are tackled head on." Tim Radford, THE GUARDIAN "Wonderful... Lane does a masterful job... an elegant, fully satisfying whole." Starred Review, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "If Charles Darwin sprang from his grave, I would give him this fine book to bring him up to speed." Matt Ridley |
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Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life (OUP 2005) Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize and the THES Young Academic Author of the Year. An Economist Book of the Year. "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. 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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Life in the Frozen State (CRC Press 2004) Edited by Barry Fuller, Nick Lane and Erica Benson "A critically important text." John Baust, CELL PRESERVATION TECHNOLOGY "Lane provides a masterly summary of the current state of the cryobiological art and suggests three areas, rich with future possibilities, for the science to develop. William Block, ANTARCTIC SCIENCE "The chapter on the future of cryobiology is particularly interesting, not only for its predictions, but because its author [Nick Lane] reviews the state of the art and makes a series of general observations about the many different systems and problems faced in contemporary cryobiology.” Joe Wolfe, QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY
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Nick Lane is a biochemist and writer. He holds the first Provost's Venture Research Fellowship in the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment at University College London, and is a founding member of the UCL Consortium for Mitochondrial Research. His research is on the role of bioenergetics in the origin and evolution of complex life. Read More SPECIAL OFFER! Writers' retreat - townhouse for sale in the old quarter of Ciutadella de Menorca |