Nick Lane, “A Matter of Energy: Biology From First Principles” (Open Agenda, 2021)

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Introduction

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Writing Books - I Was Always Interested in Biology and Chemistry

02:23 • 2min

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Evolutionary Biology

04:10 • 2min

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Did You Do an Undergraduate Degree in Biology?

05:56 • 2min

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Is There a Difference Between Biology and Chemistry?

07:32 • 2min

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What Motivated You to Do a PhD?

09:55 • 2min

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The Importance of Writing and Taking a Synoptic View of Things

12:18 • 2min

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Post Dok Jobs - How to Write a Post Dock Job

14:44 • 2min

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How to Write a Book That Addresses the Deeper Intellectual Question

16:31 • 2min

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Bio Energetics

18:33 • 5min

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The Provost's Venturery Search

23:41 • 6min

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Is There a Will to Change the Way We Live in the World?

29:14 • 2min

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The Vital Question, Am as Promised or Threatened?

31:08 • 5min

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The Evolution of Life on Earth

36:22 • 2min

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What's Going on With Bacteria?

38:47 • 3min

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The Origin of Life

41:36 • 3min

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- Is There a Universality to Electrons?

44:29 • 4min

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The Guiding Principle of the Proton Motive Force

48:10 • 3min

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The Origin of Life

51:25 • 3min

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Prebiotic Chemistry Isn't a Cell as We Know It

54:18 • 4min

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The Origin of Life

58:26 • 2min

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Tectonic Spreading of the Ocean Crust

01:00:18 • 2min

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What's the Difference Between Bacteria and Archaa?

01:02:29 • 4min

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Theoretical Explanation of Fatty Acids

01:06:41 • 1min

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How Different Are Bacteria and Archaic Membranes?

01:08:05 • 4min

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Is There Any Balance Between Bacteria and Arcaa?

01:11:39 • 5min

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Can We Cross an Energy Barrier?

01:16:12 • 3min

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How to Make a Protein in a Minute?

01:19:23 • 2min

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Is It Because the Chemists Aren't Thinking Biochemically?

01:21:13 • 4min

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Is the Structure of Cells Really Fundamental to Life?

01:25:25 • 3min

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Hydrothermal Vents - The Origin of Life in the Milky Way

01:28:23 • 4min

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How Do You Keep a Charged Membrane From Doing Damage?

01:31:58 • 3min

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What Happened Once?

01:35:18 • 4min

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Are There Other Origins of Complex Life?

01:39:36 • 5min

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Is It Possible to Have Models Based on These Potentials?

01:44:39 • 5min

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The Proton Gradient Membrane Energy Mechanism for Life

01:49:17 • 6min

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What Is Life?

01:55:02 • 3min

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The Gnome Wide Association Study

01:58:17 • 3min

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The Answer to the Problem Is Here Somewhere

02:01:44 • 5min

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Consciousness Is Not Beyond My Wits

02:06:39 • 3min