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Doctor Henry Jekyll is a good man. Successful within his field, respected by his peers, and close to a neurological discovery that will change the face of medical science forever... but his methods are less than ethical. When a close friend and colleague threatens to expose and destroy his work, Jekyll is forced to experiment on himself and something goes very wrong. Or very right. Suddenly Jekyll has a new friend, the brutal Edward Hyde, and he has willed his entire fortune to him. But what is Jekylls true legacy? Love, betrayal and murder combine in this chilling adaptation of Robert Louis Stevensons classic tale of good and evil. Commissioned by Hull Truck Theatre, A Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde was taken a huge national tour throughout Autumn 2012

In "Power, Sex, Suicide," Nick Lane explores the crucial role of mitochondria in evolution and complex life. He discusses their origins as independent bacteria, their impact on aging and diseases, and how mitochondrial DNA is passed through the female line, offering insights into human ancestry and evolution.

Explores the impact oxygen has had on earth - history of life, origin of two sexes, evolution of aging and death (why we age and what we can do about it).

A game-changing book on the origins of life, called the most important scientific discovery 'since the Copernican revolution' in The Observer.

A gripping and lucid account of ingenuity of nature and a book which is essential reading for anyone who has ever questioned the science bhind the glories of everyday life.

"A renowned biochemist's illuminating inquiry into the Krebs cycle and the origins of life. What brings the Earth to life, and our own lives to an end? For decades, biology has been dominated by the study of genetic information. Information is important, but it is only part of what makes us alive. Our inheritance also includes our living metabolic network, a flame passed from generation to generation, right back to the origin of life. In Transformer, biochemist Nick Lane reveals a scientific renaissance that is hiding in plain sight -- how the same simple chemistry gives rise to life and causes our demise. Lane is among the vanguard of researchers asking why the Krebs cycle, the "perfect circle" at the heart of metabolism, remains so elusive more than eighty years after its discovery. Transformer is Lane's voyage, as a biochemist, to find the inner meaning of the Krebs cycle -- and its reverse -- why it is still spinning at the heart of life and death today. Lane reveals the beautiful, violent world within our cells, where hydrogen atoms are stripped from the carbon skeletons of food and fed to the ravenous beast of oxygen. Yet this same cycle, spinning in reverse, also created the chemical building blocks that enabled the emergence of life on our planet. Now it does both. How can the same pathway create and destroy? What might our study of the Krebs cycle teach us about the mysteries of aging and the hardest problem of all, consciousness? Transformer unites the story of our planet with the story of our cells -- what makes us the way we are, and how it connects us to the origin of life. Enlivened by Lane's talent for distilling and humanizing complex research, Transformer offers an essential read for anyone fascinated by biology's great mysteries. Life is at root a chemical phenomenon: this is its deep logic."-- Provided by publisher

"What brings the Earth to life, and our own lives to an end? For decades, biology has been dominated by information - the power of genes. Yet in terms of information there is no difference between a living cell and one that died a moment ago. What really animates cells and sets them apart from non-living matter? This question goes back to the flawed geniuses and heroic origins of modern biology. The answer could turn our picture of life on Earth upside down. In Transformer, Nick Lane captures a scientific renaissance that is hiding in plain sight. At its core is a cycle of reactions that transforms inorganic molecules into the building blocks of life, and the reverse - the iconic Krebs cycle that sits at the heart of metabolism. This conflicted merry-go-round of energy and matter has long taunted true understanding. Nick Lane is in the vanguard of scientists now tracing its ramifications across the tree of life. To grasp the Krebs cycle is to fathom the deep coherence of biology. It connects the first photosynthetic bacteria with our own peculiar cells. It links the emergence of consciousness with the inevitability of death. And it puts the subtle differences between individuals in the same grand story as the rise of the living world itself. Life is at root a chemical phenomenon: this is its deep logic"--Publisher's description

"It is the Valley of Fear, the Valley of Death. The terror is in the hearts of the people from the dusk to the dawn" Crammed full of adventure, mystery and of course one or two rather brilliant deductions, The Valley Of Fear is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's thrilling final Sherlock Holmes novel, brought to life in this spectacular new stage adaptation. A mysterious, coded message is received, a warning of imminent danger, drawing Sherlock Holmes and the faithful Dr Watson into a tale of intrigue and murder stretching from 221B Baker Street to an ancient moated manor house to the bleak Pennsylvanian Vermissa Valley. Faced with a trail of bewildering clues, Holmes begins to unearth a darker, wider web of corruption, a secret society and the sinister work of one Professor Moriarty. Following the huge success of Blackeyed Theatre's 2018/19 international tour of The Sign of Four, the great detective is back in another gripping stage adaptation by Nick Lane, combining original live music, stylish theatricality and magical story-telling for an unforgettable theatrical experience. The game is afoot!

Nebýt mitochondrií, prý bychom možná ještě byli jednobuněčné bakterie... Každopádně bychom bez nich neměli dvě odlišná pohlaví, stárnutí ani klimakterium. Fascinující a inspirující kniha Nicka Lanea v sobě spojuje nejnovější výsledky výzkumu se svěžím, popularizujícím stylem, díky kterému se věda stává lákavým dobrodružstvím.

Záhada života – proč je takový, jaký je? Veškerý komplexní pozemský život má společného předka: buňku, která během 4 miliard let vznikla pouze jednou, a to z jednoduchých bakteriálních předchůdců. Byla to mimořádná náhoda, anebo ostatní "experimenty" v evoluci komplexity selhaly? V samém srdci biologie tak zeje černá díra. Řečeno bez obalu: netušíme, proč se život vyvíjel tak podivně, jak se vyvíjel, a proč jsou buňky poháněné tak zvláštním způsobem. Na obě otázky se snaží odpovědět kniha Nicka Lanea, která načrtne přesvědčivý scénář proměny jednoduchých buněk v buňky komplexní s jejich charakteristickými vlastnostmi, doprovozený nezbytným vysvětlením biochemických základů fungování živých buněk a miliardy let vzdáleného zrodu života v těsné blízkosti hydrotermálních průduchů.