The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
by Nick Lane
In The Vital Question, Nick Lane examines the connection between energy and evolution in the origins of complex life. Combining biological inquiry with a focus on life’s earliest development, the book considers how energy may help explain the emergence of complexity and addresses a central question in modern science.
About This Book
The Vital Question examines the relationship between energy and the evolution of life.
Nick Lane focuses on the origins of complex life and the biological processes that made greater complexity possible.
Drawing on evolutionary biology, the book considers how energy may help explain major transitions in life’s history.
It is a science-focused exploration of a fundamental question: how complex life began.
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