Gaia, a New Look at Life on EarthOxford University Press, 1979 - 157 POPULAR SCIENCE. In this classic work that continues to inspire many readers, Jim Lovelock puts forward his idea that the Earth functions as a single organism. Written for non-scientists, Gaia is a journey through time and space in search of evidence in support of a radically different model of our planet. In contrast to conventional belief that life is passive in the face of threats to its existence, the book explores the hypothesis that the Earth's living matter influences air, ocean, and rock to form a complex, self-regulating system that has the capacity to keep the Earth a fit place for life. Since Gaia was first published, Jim Lovelock's hypothesis has become a hotly debated topic in scientific circles. In a new Preface to this edition, he outlines his view of the present state of the debate. Oxford Landmark Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern science writing which have crystallized big ideas, and shaped the way we think. |
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... appear to have the same facility . This powerful and effective but unconscious process of recognition no doubt ... appears to have paralysed our capacity for conscious thought about a definition of life . For why should we need to define ...
... appear to have the same facility . This powerful and effective but unconscious process of recognition no doubt ... appears to have paralysed our capacity for conscious thought about a definition of life . For why should we need to define ...
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... appear , as water decomposed at the outer reaches of the atmosphere and the light hydrogen atoms escaped to space . Just how much oxygen is very uncertain and a matter of debate . It would depend on the rate at which reducing materials ...
... appear , as water decomposed at the outer reaches of the atmosphere and the light hydrogen atoms escaped to space . Just how much oxygen is very uncertain and a matter of debate . It would depend on the rate at which reducing materials ...
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... appear to lead well - adapted lives , optimal for their extreme and unusual environments . It is a commonplace that infection by the larger , more diffuse wisdom of our own urban and industrial societies has in general been harmful to ...
... appear to lead well - adapted lives , optimal for their extreme and unusual environments . It is a commonplace that infection by the larger , more diffuse wisdom of our own urban and industrial societies has in general been harmful to ...
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