A biochemist, building on the pillars of evolutionary theory and drawing on cutting-edge research into the link between energy and genes, argues that the evolution of multicellular life was the result of a single event.

Why is life the way it is? -- The problem. What is life ; What is living? -- The origin of life. Energy at life's origin ; The emergence of cells -- Complexity. The origins of complex ; Sex and the origins of death -- Predictions. The power and the glory ; From the deep.