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Nick Lane
Nick Lane is professor of evolutionary biochemistry at University College London and an award-winning author of five books. He codirects UCL’s Centre for Life’s Origins and Evolution (CLOE) and lives in London. Bill Gates calls him “one of my favorite science writers.”
Books by Nick Lane

Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
Nick Lane
Paperback, 2010
“Original and awe-inspiring . . . an exhilarating tour of some of the most profound and important ideas in biology.”—New Scientist
The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
Nick Lane
Hardback, 2015
To explain the mystery of how life evolved on Earth, Nick Lane explores the deep link between energy and genes.
Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
Nick Lane
E Book, 2010
“Original and awe-inspiring . . . an exhilarating tour of some of the most profound and important ideas in biology.”—New Scientist
Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
Nick Lane
E Book, 2015
“One of the deepest, most illuminating books about the history of life to have been published in recent years.” —The Economist
Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
Nick Lane
Paperback, 2016
“One of the deepest, most illuminating books about the history of life to have been published in recent years.” —The Economist
Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death
Nick Lane
Hardback, 2023

Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death
Nick Lane
E Book

Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death
Nick Lane
Paperback, 2023



