Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life Nature_Gift_Guide King John reluctantly agreed to

King John reluctantly agreed to fix his seal to a document that would change the course of history

and to secrets long buried during World War II

When a cult springs up in neighboring Clonmel

Sebastian Barry vividly renders Willie’s personal struggle as well as the overwhelming consequences of war

beaten by the unrelenting heat

Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life Nature_Gift_Guide King John reluctantly agreed to"One of the deepest, most illuminating books about the history of life to have been published in recent years." The Economist The Earth teems with life: in its oceans, forests, skies and cities. Yet there's a black hole at the heart of biology. We do not know why complex life is the way it is, or, for that matter, how life first began. In The Vital Question, award winning author and biochemist Nick Lane radically reframes evolutionary history, putting