Author

Books by Nick Lane

Nick Lane is a British biochemist and science writer at University College London, where he researches the origin of life and the evolution of complex cells. His previous books include Oxygen (2002), Power, Sex, Suicide (2005), Life Ascending (2009), and The Vital Question (2015). He has won multiple awards for science writing, including the Royal Society Prize and the Biochemical Society Award. His work focuses on how the energetics of cells shaped the evolution of life, from the first organisms to complex multicellular animals.