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James lovelock, creator of the gaia hypothesis and the greatest environmental thinker of our time, has produced an astounding new theory about future of life. The earth, james lovelock proposes, behaves as if it were a superorganism, made up from all the living things and from their material environment. This may turn out to be one of the epochal insights of the 20th. The originator of the gaia theory offers the vision of a future epoch in which humans and artificial intelligence together will help the earth survive. The quest for gaia download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. The text of the first and last chapters of teh book in which lovelock first puts forward teh gaia hypothesis. Dreamers, visionaries, and revolutionaries in the life. James lovelock is the author of more than 200 scientific papers and the originator of the gaia hypothesis now gaia theory. Pdf the revenge of gaia why the earth is fighting back and. Get e books on gaia on pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi and audiobook for free. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. James lovelock s gaia theory inspired the green movement. In a new preface to this reissued title, he outlines his present state of the debate. Gaia exhibits local entropy reduction which is a character of life, but so does the galaxy with star formation in the spiral arms.
Tim radford was science editor of the guardian until 2005. Stark though it was in many respects, in the vanishing face of gaia lovelock says that even though the weather seems cooler and pollution lessens as the recession bites, the environmental problems we will face in the twentyfirst century are even more terrifying than he. The book is thought provoking and has been updated well in this edition, although the importance of chaos theory to support the gaia theory is not adequately explored. The gaia hypothesis has since been supported by a number of scientific experiments and provided a number of useful predictions. James ephraim lovelock was born on 26 july 1919 in letchworth garden city in the united kingdom. Lovelock has 25 books on goodreads with 163 ratings. A new look at life on earth 1979, the revenge of gaia 2006, the vanishing face of gaia 2009 and a rough ride to the. James lovelock will always be associated with one big idea. Both systems are complex and nonlinear and can change suddenly and unexpectedly, he writes.
The practical science of planetary medicine, as well as an autobiography, homage to gaia. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. He is best known for proposing the gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the earth functions as a selfregulating system with a phd in medicine, lovelock. James ephraim lovelock, ch cbe frs born 26 july 1919 is an independent scientist, environmentalist, and futurist. Click download or read online button to get gaia book now. The gaia hypothesis by michael ruse gets to the heart of the.
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