Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World (Popular Science)

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In Oxygen, Nick Lane takes the reader on an enthralling journey as he unravels the unexpected ways in which oxygen spurred the evolution of life and death. He shows how oxygen underpins the origin of biological complexity, the birth of photosynthesis, the sudden evolution of animals, the need for two sexes, the accelerated aging of cloned animals like Dolly the sheep, and the surprisingly long lives of bats and birds. Drawing on this grand evolutionary canvas, Oxygen offers fresh perspectives on our own lives and deaths, explaining modern killer diseases, why we age, and what we can do about it. Advancing revelatory new ideas, following chains of evidence, the book ranges through many disciplines, from environmental sciences to molecular medicine. The result is a captivating vision of contemporary science and a humane synthesis of our place in nature. This remarkable book will redefine the way we think about the world.

• ISBN13: 9780198607830
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Precious! - Luis Mansilla Miranda - Viña del Mar, Chile
Al last!. I finally finished this book that I have been reading, little by little, since the 8.8 earthquake in Chile. Like the Mitochondria book, these pages are not simple and every page is full of information. This book is interesting from the dragonfly on the cover till the Glossary at the end. It is a book about how oxigen flourished on earth but at the same time how species have to deal with the inevitable process of oxidation, an issue that is tightly related to the theory of ageing. Inflammation, the immune system response to foreigners is also covered in this book, making sence to some of the virtues of Aspirin.
Mitochondria and Oxygen, as far as I know, do not have a spanish translation. But the book about the "Ten Great Inventions of Evolution", from this very same author and that cover all these issues but lightly, can be found in spanish, a book for everyone.

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