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Oxygen
The molecule that made the worldOxygen is the engine of life and evolution. This book explores the impact that oxygen has had on Earth, and the history of life. Explaining the rise of animals and plants, the origin of two sexes, and the evolution of ageing and death, it offers fresh perspectives on our own lives, explaining why we age and what we can do about it.
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The Vital Question
Why is life the way it is?A game-changing book on the origins of life, called the most important scientific discovery 'since the Copernican revolution' in The Observer.
€ 17,95 -
Life Ascending
The Ten Great Inventions of EvolutionDescribes the ten greatest inventions of life, including DNA, sex, sight and consciousness, based on their historical impact, role in living organisms and relevance to controversies. This book explains how these findings have come about, and the extent to which they can be relied upon.
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Transformer
The Deep Chemistry of Life and DeathWhat brings the Earth to life, and our own lives to an end?
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Power, Sex, Suicide
Mitochondria and the meaning of lifeMitochondria are tiny structures within all our cells, believed to have once evolved from bacteria living independent lives. Drawing on cutting edge research, this book explores the fundamental role they play in some of the biggest themes in biology: evolution, the origin of the sexes, in growth, ageing, disease, and in death.
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Sherlock Holmes
"When you have one of the first brains of Europe up against you, and all the powers of darkness at his back, there are infinite possibilities" London, 1901. As the British Empire wages war in the name of a Queen whose health is failing, a series of mysterious events reveals a crack in the high corridors of power. A crack that threatens to destabilise monarchy, government and Empire. And at its centre, controlling the flow of information and influence, a shadowy figure plans a final deadly move. Drawn into the game and unsure who to trust, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves confronting figures from their past in a desperate race against time, aware that the most powerful person in the world could be in the pocket of one of the most corrupt. But just how much is Holmes willing to sacrifice as he faces 'checkmate'? A new play by Nick Lane and produced by Blackeyed Theatre as a major national tour, Sherlock Holmes: The Hunt for Moriarty interweaves a selection of Conan Doyle's short stories - The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans, A Scandal in Bohemia, The Adventure of the Second Stain and The Final Problem - into a new, pulsating Sherlock Holmes adventure. The game is afoot!
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Dönüstürücü Yasamin ve Ölümün Derin Kimyasi
Icinde asetil koAlarin, fumaratlarin, pirüvik asitlerin kol gezdigi, hücresel zarlara gömülü pompalarin yüklü molekülleri bir alandan digerine itekledigi, milyarlarca hücrede cereyan eden milyar kere milyar tepkimenin kesintisiz akip gittigi mekanik bir üretim bandi nasil olur da bilincin, varolusumuzun kutsal mekanina dönüsürBiyokimyanin derin ve soguk sularinda yüzmekten korkmayan Nick Lane, okuru yasam fabrikasinin merkezindeki motora, varlik sehrinin en kritik kavsak noktasina, biyokimyasal döngülerin Oroborosuna, Krebs cevrimine götürüyor. Enerji vemadde devrinin karsit gücler arasindaki dengeyle saglandigi bu biyokimyasal atlikarinca kimi zaman hiziyla ve karmasikligiyla basinizi döndürecek, kimi zaman eylemlerinizle ve zaman katariyla avuclarinizdan kayacak.Yasamin, hareketin ve enerjinin; gaz püsküren derin deniz bacalarinin etrafinda milyonlarca yil önce dogdugu haliyle devam ettigini gördükce zirveden inise uzanan canliliginiz yasamin kökenine, mitokondrileriniz bakterilere, bilinciniz gezegeningörkemli tarihine baglanacak. Dönüstürücü, canlilar dünyasinin derin kimyasini idrak edeceginiz bu muhtesem yolculukta sizi de dönüstürecek.Biyokimya profesörü Nick Lane, evrim ve biyokimya alanindaki calismalarina University College Londonda devam ediyor.
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Transformer
What brings the Earth to life, and our own lives to an end? For decades, biology has been dominated by the study of genetic information. Information is important, but it is only part of what makes us alive. Our inheritance also includes our living metabolic network, a flame passed from generation to generation, right back to the origin of life. In Transformer, biochemist Nick Lane reveals a scientific renaissance that is hiding in plain sight -how the same simple chemistry gives rise to life and causes our demise. Lane is among the vanguard of researchers asking why the Krebs cycle, the "perfect circle" at the heart of metabolism, remains so elusive more than eighty years after its discovery. Transformer is Lane's voyage, as a biochemist, to find the inner meaning of the Krebs cycle-and its reverse-why it is still spinning at the heart of life and death today. Lane reveals the beautiful, violent world within our cells, where hydrogen atoms are stripped from the carbon skeletons of food and fed to the ravenous beast of oxygen. Yet this same cycle, spinning in reverse, also created the chemical building blocks that enabled the emergence of life on our planet. Now it does both. How can the same pathway create and destroy? What might our study of the Krebs cycle teach us about the mysteries of aging and the hardest problem of all, consciousness? Transformer unites the story of our planet with the story of our cells-what makes us the way we are, and how it connects us to the origin of life. Enlivened by Lane's talent for distilling and humanizing complex research, Transformer offers an essential read for anyone fascinated by biology's great mysteries. Life is at root a chemical phenomenon: this is its deep logic.
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Sherlock Holmes - The Valley of Fear
"It is the Valley of Fear, the Valley of Death. The terror is in the hearts of the people from the dusk to the dawn"¿Crammed full of adventure, mystery and of course one or two rather brilliant deductions, The Valley Of Fear is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's thrilling final Sherlock Holmes novel, brought to life in this spectacular new stage adaptation. A mysterious, coded message is received, a warning of imminent danger, drawing Sherlock Holmes and the faithful Dr Watson into a tale of intrigue and murder stretching from 221B Baker Street to an ancient moated manor house to the bleak Pennsylvanian Vermissa Valley. Faced with a trail of bewildering clues, Holmes begins to unearth a darker, wider web of corruption, a secret society and the sinister work of one Professor Moriarty. Following the huge success of Blackeyed Theatre's 2018/19 international tour of The Sign of Four, the great detective is back in another gripping stage adaptation by Nick Lane, combining original live music, stylish theatricality and magical story-telling for an unforgettable theatrical experience. The game is afoot!
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Yasam Neden Var
Gezegenimizdeki yasamin tarihi hakkinda epeyce sey bilsek de, biyolojinin en büyük sorularini henüz yanitlayabilmis degiliz. Yasam tuhaf ve karmasik bir sürec; ilk kez 4 milyar yil önce bir bakteri hücresi olarak ortaya ciktigi ve bu hücrenin, neredeyse bugün yasayan bir insanin hücreleri kadar incelikli oldugu düsünülüyor. Hücrelerin yapisi ve milyonlarca yil icindeki evrimi hakkinda cok sey ögrendiysek de, genom calismalariyla ortaya cikarilanlar cok heyecan verici olsa da, cansizdan canliya gecisin nasil gerceklestigini hala pek bilmiyoruz. O günden bugüne gelene dek yasamin izledigi karmasik yolun nasil belirlendigini, tuhaf görünen tercihlerin neden yapildigini, baska türlü yapilsa neler olacagini da tam olarak bilmiyoruz. Yasam Neden Varda biyolojinin temel sorularina yanit arayan Nick Lane, yasamin evrilisindeki anlasilmaz noktalara bakarken, hücrelerin enerji saglama bicimlerini bir yol gösterici olarak kullaniyor. Enerjiyle yasam arasindaki iliskinin baslangica dek uzandigini öne sürdükten sonra, yalnizca yasamin kökeni degil, saglik ve ölüm üzerine de yeni fikirler gelistiriyor. Yasam Neden Var enerjiye ve yasama yepyeni bir bakis acisi sunuyor.Nick Lane, doktorasini Royal Free Hastanesi Tip Fakültesinden aldi, University College Londonda evrimsel biyokimya arastirmalari yürütüyor ve ders veriyor.
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Life Ascending
Where does DNA come from? What is consciousness? How did the eye evolve? Drawing on a treasure trove of new scientific knowledge, Nick Lane expertly reconstructs evolution's history by describing its ten greatest inventions-from sex and warmth to death-resulting in a stunning account of nature's ingenuity.
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Belangrijkste vraag van het leven
Waarom is het leven zoals het is?E-book'Dit is een boek voor mensen die geen tijd hebben voor koetjes en kalfjes. Het is een boek voor mensen die geen zin hebben om altijd maar weer te lezen over voorbijgaande zaken en modeverschijnselen. Dit is een boek voor mensen die schaamteloos willen doorstomen naar de meest fundamentele tijdloze vragen van dit bestaan: waar komen wij vandaan? Wie zijn wij, en waarom zien wij eruit zoals we eruitzien? Waarom worden we oud? Waarom hebben we seks? Waarom gaan we dood? En hoe kon er ooit leven ontstaan uit de dode materie van de vroege aarde?' Rosanne Hertzberger Overal om ons heen is leven. We komen het tegen in simpele vormen, zoals bacteriën, of in complexe vormen - paardenbloemen, spreeuwen, mensen. Maar waarom bestaat die tweedeling eigenlijk? Na het begin van het leven, 4 miljard jaar geleden, duurde het 2,5 miljard jaar voordat sommige simpele organismen de sprong maakten naar complexiteit. Hoe kwam dat? En hoe is het leven begonnen? De belangrijkste vraag van het leven geeft een even grondig als betoverend antwoord op deze vragen van het leven: waarom zijn we zoals we zijn, en waarom zijn we hier überhaupt? Nick Lane (1967) is biochemicus aan University College London. In 2010 werd hij onderscheiden met de Royal Society Prize for Science Books voor zijn boek Levenswerk. In 2015 ontving hij de Biochemical Society Award voor zijn bijdrage aan de moleculaire wetenschappen. 'Een van de sterkste en helderste boeken over de geschiedenis van het leven in jaren.' THE ECONOMIST
€ 14,99