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The Vital Question: Why is Life the Way it Is?
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‘The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life’ by Nick Lane is a tough read for anyone without much of either a formal science education or science-related college degrees. Fortunately, I read certain science books previously that helped prepare me in understanding Lane’s book. Not that I knew this in advance. I am discovering, though, perhaps obvious in retrospect, the more books you read which cover a lot of the same ground except perhaps with a different focus and di ...more
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As an undergrad biochemistry and cell biology major, the focus of learning about cellular metabolism (and specifically) oxidative phosphorylation was to memorize details that I would be tested on.

Later, pursuing my PhD in biochemistry, the focus of discussions on cellular metabolism was to understand how to exploit metabolic pathways for experimental/translational purposes (in my dissertation research), or to use underlying principles of cellular metabolism to understand evolutionary similaritie
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