圖書標籤: 科普 生物 進化 進化論 英文原版 神經科學 evolution 演化
发表于2025-02-22
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How did life invent itself? Where did DNA come from? How did consciousness develop? Powerful new research methods are providing vivid insights into the makeup of life. Comparing gene sequences, examining atomic structures of proteins, and looking into the geochemistry of rocks have helped explain evolution in more detail than ever before. Nick Lane expertly reconstructs the history of life by describing the ten greatest inventions of evolution (including DNA, photosynthesis, sex, and sight), based on their historical impact, role in organisms today, and relevance to current controversies. Who would have guessed that eyes started off as light-sensitive spots used to calibrate photosynthesis in algae? Or that DNA’s building blocks form spontaneously in hydrothermal vents? Lane gives a gripping, lucid account of nature’s ingenuity, and the result is a work of essential reading for anyone who has ever pondered or questioned the science underlying evolution’s greatest gifts to man.
Nick Lane is a biochemist and honorary reader at University College London, where he lives. His book Power, Sex, Suicide was named an Economist Book of the Year and was shortlisted for the Aventis Science Book Prize.
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評分豁然開朗
評分作者的科學寫作功底不容忽視,拋八卦和段子的能力不是一般噠。期待Ent的譯本。
評分關於性的那章,解除瞭我一直以來的疑惑。如果隻靠變異,一個基因要消亡必須是所有個體的消亡,並且沒有後代,非常殘酷。如果是這樣,我們有這麼多共性,必然是共祖的,那也不太像。正解應該是性,可以融閤基因,同時逐漸把壞基因淡齣,這樣就比較溫和。
評分豁然開朗
死亡是不朽的代价。生命最后面对的都是衰老和死亡,对DNA的研究逐步解开衰老之谜。科学家发现低自由基等于长寿,即限制热量会带来长寿。 热量限制让基因把注意力转到个体维护。如果中年开始限制热量,等于把身体重置到青年的状态。限制热量的方法是“轻断食”,即有规律的禁食...
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Life Ascending pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2025