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The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
Science / Biology
A bioenergetics-first account of why complex life is rare and how the proton gradient at the heart of every cell shaped evolution. Karpathy points to Lane's books as the ones that made him feel the 'cosmic story' of life in technical detail.
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Andrej Karpathy
“So. Good.”
Karpathy's terse Twitter endorsement of Nick Lane, whose work he repeatedly cites as foundational to his interest in origins-of-life biology.
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Chamath Palihapitiya
“The Vital Question is incredible.”
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Bill Gates
“This biology book blew me away. A compelling case for how energy made us who we are.”