Podcast: Lex Fridman Podcast
Episode: Nick Lane: Origin of Life, Evolution, Aliens, Biology, and Consciousness | Lex Fridman Podcast #318
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.
Transformer
Buy on Amazon"The following is a conversation with Nick Lane, a biochemist at University College London, an author of some of my favorite books on biology science and life ever written, including his two most recent, titled "Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death" and "The Vital Question: Why is Life the Way it is?""
Vital Question
Buy on Amazon"The following is a conversation with Nick Lane, a biochemist at University College London, an author of some of my favorite books on biology science and life ever written, including his two most recent, titled "Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death" and "The Vital Question: Why is Life the Way it is?""
The Black Cloud
Buy on Amazon"When I was about 15 or 16, I remember reading a book by Fred Hoyle called 'The Black Cloud.'"
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Buy on Amazon"In 'Hitchhiker's Guide,' summarizing it as harmless or mostly harmless is beautifully poetic."
Transformer
Buy on Amazon"You opened 'Transformers' with, 'From space it looks grey and crystalline, obliterating the blue-green colours of the living Earth."
POWER, SEX, SUICIDE: MITOCHONDRIA AND THE MEANING OF LIFE
Buy on Amazon"In your book 'Power, Sex, Suicide.'"
Oxygen
Buy on Amazon"First, you wrote 'Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World,' as we've talked about the role of oxygen in life on Earth."
POWER, SEX, SUICIDE: MITOCHONDRIA AND THE MEANING OF LIFE
Buy on Amazon"Then, wait for it, 'Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life.'"
Vital Question
Buy on Amazon"'The Vital Question,' the first book I've read of yours, 'The Vital Question: Why is Life the Way it is?'"