The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life

The Vital Question

Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life

By
Nick Lane
Nick Lane
2015

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11 books

Where Is Everybody

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If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
Rare Earth
Contact
The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
The Flooded Earth: Our Future in a World Without Ice Caps

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Nature Environment

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Merchants of Doubt
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America Along the Appalachian Trail
Silent Spring

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When God Was a Woman
The Red Queen
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The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams

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206 books

Science

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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
A Crack in the Edge of the World
Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
The Grand Design

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High Priority

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Programming the Universe
Energy and Civilization: A History
The beginning of infinity explanations that transform the world
The Box
The Selfish Gene

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Foundations

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The Ascent of Man
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
Information Theory: A Tutorial Introduction
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
The Selfish Gene
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

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The America's Test Kitchen Cooking School Cookbook: Everything You Need to Know to Become a Great Cook
Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
The Intelligent Investor
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
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Autobiography of a yogi
The Annotated Turing

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To Read 2018

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Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work
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Science

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The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics
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The Universe in a Nutshell

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Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Life Inc.

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Science

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Lost in Math
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Energy and Civilization: A History
Tábula Rasa
The Invention of Nature
Conjuring the Universe: The Origins of the Laws of Nature

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Nonfiction

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The Lady Whose Mouth I Set on Fire: True Tales from the ER
Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong
Ozark Folk Magic: Plants, Prayers & Healing

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Gates Notes

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How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

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2022 Reading

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The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
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The Exponential Age
Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems
René Girard's Mimetic Theory

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My Library

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Debate en torno a la etica del discurso de Apel: Diálogo filosófico Norte-Sur desde América Latina
Love and math : the heart of hidden reality
The Road to Reality
The Large, the Small and the Human Mind

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Non Fiction

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Poor Economics
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
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The Selfish Gene
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
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Guns, Germs and Steel

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Thought Provoking

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Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
To Kill a Mockingbird
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
Letters from a Stoic
Thinking in systems : a primer
Brave New World

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4 books

Biology

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The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA
The One-Straw Revolution

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Nature

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Silent Spring
The Philosopher and the Wolf
The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA
The One-Straw Revolution
The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry

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Pop Sci

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
Essentialism
So Good They Can't Ignore You
The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

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Favorites

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Science Non Fiction Bookclub

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The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
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ι Science

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What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character
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