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For those unfamiliar with Nick Lane - his books are really good reads even if you're not familiar with the subject matter. Easy to approach, witty, and wry. I
by jungturk 4y ago
For those unfamiliar with Nick Lane - his books are really good reads even if you're not familiar with the subject matter. Easy to approach, witty, and wry.
I just finished 2005's "Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life", which sets the foundations for some of the thesis in this article while trying to identify just how mitochondria got wrapped up with eukaryotes.
- Jedd 4y agoI started reading that ebook a few years ago, and struggled to feel engaged -- but the frequent recommendations for Nick Lane's work on HN prompted me to revisit, and I'm really glad I did. I'm about 90% of the way through the audiobook of his penultimate work, The Vital Question, from 2015, and it's been thoroughly enjoyable. I should revisit some of his earlier works, but I get the feeling some of the questions about gaps in knowledge & research in those books would be covered off and answered in his later works. (I could be totally off the mark there, however.)
- AareyBaba 4y agoYou can watch his presentations at the Royal Institute. How the Krebs cycle powers life and death - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBiIDwBOqQA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBiIDwBOqQA Why is Life the Way it Is? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLcWfecmZhE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLcWfecmZhE