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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... creatures of the Earth , from penguins in Antarctica to the milk of nursing mothers in the USA . It was this discovery that helped Rachel Carson to write her immensely influential book , Silent Spring . It provided her with the evidence ...
... creatures of the Earth , from penguins in Antarctica to the milk of nursing mothers in the USA . It was this discovery that helped Rachel Carson to write her immensely influential book , Silent Spring . It provided her with the evidence ...
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... creature on Earth . Our journey may reveal no more than the almost infinite variety of living forms which have proliferated over the Earth's surface under the transparent case of the air and which constitute the biosphere . But if Gaia ...
... creature on Earth . Our journey may reveal no more than the almost infinite variety of living forms which have proliferated over the Earth's surface under the transparent case of the air and which constitute the biosphere . But if Gaia ...
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... , and our fellow - creatures in the animal world appear to have the same facility . This powerful and effective but unconscious process of recognition no doubt originally evolved as a survival factor . Anything Introductory 3.
... , and our fellow - creatures in the animal world appear to have the same facility . This powerful and effective but unconscious process of recognition no doubt originally evolved as a survival factor . Anything Introductory 3.
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... creature be called Gaia , after the Greek Earth goddess also known as Ge , from which root the sciences of geography and geology derive their names . In spite of my ignorance of the classics , the suitability of this choice was obvious ...
... creature be called Gaia , after the Greek Earth goddess also known as Ge , from which root the sciences of geography and geology derive their names . In spite of my ignorance of the classics , the suitability of this choice was obvious ...
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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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Gaia:A New Look at Life on Earth: A New Look at Life on Earth James Lovelock Podgląd niedostępny - 2000 |
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