Pumping Ion

The past few weeks have been taken up with reading The Vital Question by Nick Lane.
The link gives you access to the Grauniad's review by Peter Forbes. I hope your whistle is truly dampened.   I can remember, many years ago reading  Richard Dawkins and thinking that DNA stuff is going to take over the world! Well in many ways this is the story, which I found compelling, of how it did that, possibly.
"It's the energy stupid" as Peter Forbes identifies, but I compress, Of course there is the usual stuff, sex and death and rock!
(Good to see you back; is there not a typo in the title to the post...Ed?)