Life Ascending
by Nick Lane | 
The Vital Question
by Nick Lane | 
The Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin | 
The Fifth Miracle
by Paul Davies | 
Why Evolution Is True
by Jerry A. Coyne | 
The Richness of Life
by Stephen Jay Gould | 
Undeniable
by Bill Nye | 
River Out of Eden
by Richard Dawkins |
The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being
by Alice Roberts | 
The Making of the Fittest
by Sean B. Carroll | 
Evolution
by Brian Charlesworth | 
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
by Carl Sagan | 
Power, Sex, Suicide
by Nick Lane | 
Climbing Mount Improbable
by Richard Dawkins | 
The Extended Phenotype
by Richard Dawkins |
Nature via Nurture
by Matt Ridley | 
The Ancestor's Tale
by Richard Dawkins | 
Genome
by Matt Ridley | 
Big Bang
by Simon Singh | 
Your Inner Fish
by Neil Shubin |
In Oxygen, Nick Lane takes the reader on an enthralling journey as he unravels the unexpected ways in which oxygen spurred the evolution of life and death. He shows how oxygen underpins the origin of biological complexity, the birth of photosynthesis, the sudden evolution of animals, the need for two sexes, the accelerated aging of cloned animals like Dolly the sheep, and the surprisingly long lives of bats and birds. Drawing on this grand evolutionary canvas, Oxygen offers fresh perspectives on our own lives and deaths, explaining modern killer diseases, why we age, and what we can do about it. Advancing revelatory new ideas, following chains of evidence, the book ranges through many disciplines, from environmental sciences to molecular medicine. The result is a captivating vision of contemporary science and a humane synthesis of our place in nature. This remarkable book will redefine the way we think about the world.