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Nick Lane, “A Matter of Energy: Biology From First Principles” (Open Agenda, 2021)

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

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Is There a Vital Question?

Every living being around us has r is made up of one of these three different types of cells. There's the question of, how were they related? Ah, and then there's thequestion of, how did these complex estese ucariots actually come into being? And a whole other meta question which has to do with this notion of energy that's powering all these guys. How can we understand the effects t that has had from an evolutionary perspective, from an environmental perspective? One of you will ask me what i took away from the book as a complete and total non specialist. I mean, i, i don't have any authority, but that seems intuitively obvious, yes

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