


Our inheritance also includes our living metabolic network, a flame passed from generation to generation, right back to the origin of life. Information is important, but it is only part of what makes us alive. What brings the Earth to life, and our own lives to an end?įor decades, biology has been dominated by the study of genetic information. He is one of my favorite science writers.”-Bill Gates “Nick Lane’s exploration of the building blocks that underlie life’s big fundamental questions-the origin of life itself, aging, and disease-have shaped my thinking since I first came across his work.

From the renowned biochemist and author of The Vital Question, an illuminating inquiry into the Krebs cycle and the origins of life.
