Nick Lane, “A Matter of Energy: Biology From First Principles” (Open Agenda, 2021)
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Evolutionary Biology
My father's a historian, and my mum was a primary school teacher. My dad is very intellectual and probing in the way that he addresses questions. And i've often found that evolutionary biology is not a million miles away from history in terms of howit structures thinking about a questions. Aand it's worked out very well so far, anyway. But it's not a normal trajectory. I mean, i was outside science technically for some years, writing books. Am, and i would love to be ot tor, recommend that to people, because it certainly expanded the way that i see.
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