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The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life

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Edition:: 1
Author:: Nick Lane
Publisher:: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date:: 2015
ISBN-10:: 0393088812
ISBN-13:: 9780393088816
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