Summary of Nick Lane's Transformer

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Sample Book Insights:

#1 Frederick Hopkins, President of the Royal Society, was a major advocate for biochemistry as a scientific discipline separate from chemistry. He was also a major advocate for the use of biochemical processes to accelerate cell division.

#2 Frederick Hopkins, President of the Royal Society, was a major advocate for biochemistry as a scientific discipline separate from chemistry. He was also a major advocate for the use of biochemical processes to accelerate cell division.

#3 Hans Krebs, the German-Jewish scientist, fled to Britain in 1933 and invented the manometer, which measured the pressure of gases. He then went on to study respiration, which he considered the most pressing biological question of his time.

#4 The harder the discoveries, the better the stories. The more scope they have to colour our thinking.