Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life

By Nick Lane

Categories: Science & Math

Power, Sex, Suicide (2005) is Nick Lane's book about mitochondria, the structures inside cells that produce energy. He argues that the merger of two simple cells that created them was the key step to complex life. He links mitochondria to the origins of sex, two sexes, programmed cell death, aging and body size.

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• Bill Gates: “I still find the creation of life and the way the brain works the most fascinating areas. Nick Lane has some great books exploring what we know about how life started.”