probably the best book on biology I've ever read - Brian Clegg * Popular Science * A thrilling journey.
* New Humanist * Nick Lane challenges us to see life differently. a new chapter in biology that turns our assumptions upside down. beautifully lays out the sheer improbability of our biosphere, explains why life may be exceedingly rare in our universe, and considers death as a process, not simply as an instantaneous end * The Atlantic * Groundbreaking. Peter Forbes * Prospect * indefatigable exploration of the genesis of biology.
masterful * Science * Deeply researched and cogently written * Nature * Remarkable * New Humanist * Transformer is a complex yet accessible, illuminating, and thrilling exploration of the vitality and elemental mysteries of our existence * Booklist * The story in Transformer is not just lively and engaging but filled with stimulating ideas about life's origins and evolution, about what regulates health and disease, and about the fundamental nature of life itself * Nautilus * Biochemist Nick Lane is one of our boldest thinkers and a key researcher into the origin and deep history of life. The book brings to life the chemistry that brings us to life. a dramatically revisionist account origins of life * New Yorker * A thrilling tour of the remarkable stories behind the discoveries of some of life's key metabolic pathways and mechanisms. this is a book filled with big ideas, many of which are bold instances of lateral thinking * New Scientist * Bold. Life is at root a chemical phenomenon: this is its deep logic.Ī stone-cold classic - Adam Rutherford One of the most creative of today's biologists. And it puts the subtle differences between individuals in the same grand story as the rise of the living world itself. It links the emergence of consciousness with the inevitability of death. It connects the first photosynthetic bacteria with our own peculiar cells. To grasp the Krebs cycle is to fathom the deep coherence of biology. Nick Lane is in the vanguard of scientists now tracing its ramifications across the tree of life. This conflicted merry-go-round of energy and matter has long taunted true understanding. At its core is a cycle of reactions that transforms inorganic molecules into the building blocks of life, and the reverse - the iconic Krebs cycle that sits at the heart of metabolism. In Transformer, Nick Lane captures a scientific renaissance that is hiding in plain sight. The answer could turn our picture of life on Earth upside down. What really animates cells and sets them apart from non-living matter? This question goes back to the flawed geniuses and heroic origins of modern biology. Yet in terms of information there is no difference between a living cell and one that died a moment ago. 'One of my favourite science writers' Bill Gates For decades, biology has been dominated by information - the power of genes.
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