Gaia: A New Look at Life on EarthOUP Oxford, 28 wrz 2000 - 176 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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... become a major research . Scientists now seek the connection between the growth of ocean algae and the climate . They measure the output of gases that come from the sea because of an algal presence . They observe the oxidation of these ...
... become a major research . Scientists now seek the connection between the growth of ocean algae and the climate . They measure the output of gases that come from the sea because of an algal presence . They observe the oxidation of these ...
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... become all but incomprehensible to any but its own scientific practitioners . Do not make the mistake of those disgruntled humanists who will reject Gaia because it is part of a science they do not understand . There is nothing solid in ...
... become all but incomprehensible to any but its own scientific practitioners . Do not make the mistake of those disgruntled humanists who will reject Gaia because it is part of a science they do not understand . There is nothing solid in ...
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... become recognizably different from that of a dead planet . Mars has no oceans . If life had established itself there , it would have had to make use of the atmosphere or stagnate . Mars therefore seemed a suitable planet for a life ...
... become recognizably different from that of a dead planet . Mars has no oceans . If life had established itself there , it would have had to make use of the atmosphere or stagnate . Mars therefore seemed a suitable planet for a life ...
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... become barren as that life - essential element hydrogen escapes to space . The Earth must therefore have had a slightly reducing atmosphere and strongly reducing oceans at the time when life began . The flux of reducing materials from ...
... become barren as that life - essential element hydrogen escapes to space . The Earth must therefore have had a slightly reducing atmosphere and strongly reducing oceans at the time when life began . The flux of reducing materials from ...
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3 The recognition of Gaia | 30 |
4 Cybernetics | 44 |
5 The contemporary atmosphere | 59 |
6 The sea | 78 |
the problem of pollution | 100 |
8 Living within Gaia | 115 |
9 Epilogue | 133 |
Definitions and explanations of terms | 143 |
Further reading | 147 |
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