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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... hydrogen in atomic proportion . The abundance of free hydrogen on a planet sets the reduction- oxidation , or redox , potential , which is a measure of the tendency of an environment to oxidize or reduce . ( In an oxidizing environment ...
... hydrogen in atomic proportion . The abundance of free hydrogen on a planet sets the reduction- oxidation , or redox , potential , which is a measure of the tendency of an environment to oxidize or reduce . ( In an oxidizing environment ...
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... hydrogen indefinitely without biological assistance . Hydrogen is the smallest and lightest of all atoms and so at any given tempera- ture moves the fastest . Thus hydrogen gas at the outer edge of our atmosphere will be split into hydrogen ...
... hydrogen indefinitely without biological assistance . Hydrogen is the smallest and lightest of all atoms and so at any given tempera- ture moves the fastest . Thus hydrogen gas at the outer edge of our atmosphere will be split into hydrogen ...
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... hydrogen and hydrogen - bearing mole- cules , so let us see how the energy game might have worked in reverse . Some of the earliest living things have left trace fossils identified as stromatolites . These are biosedimentary struc ...
... hydrogen and hydrogen - bearing mole- cules , so let us see how the energy game might have worked in reverse . Some of the earliest living things have left trace fossils identified as stromatolites . These are biosedimentary struc ...
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In the beginning | 13 |
The recognition of Gaia | 33 |
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