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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... effect to keep us warm . In those days of innocence , the technological fix was respectable . I have not altered the original text to correct any of these mistakes , although a parenthetic correction follows these errors . The story is ...
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... presence . They observe the oxidation of these gases in the air to make the seeds from which clouds form . They look at the effect of these events on climate and on the way that climate change feeds back on the or the xiv Preface.
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... effect , an automated microbiological laboratory to sample the Martian soil and judge its suitability to support bacteria , fungi , or other micro - organisms . Additional soil experiments were designed to test for chemicals whose ...
... effect , an automated microbiological laboratory to sample the Martian soil and judge its suitability to support bacteria , fungi , or other micro - organisms . Additional soil experiments were designed to test for chemicals whose ...
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... effects of poison on a man are greatly modified by his capacity to metabolize or excrete it ; and the effect of loading a biospherically controlled atmosphere with the products of fossil fuel ... effect 8 Gaia : A new look at life on Earth.
... effects of poison on a man are greatly modified by his capacity to metabolize or excrete it ; and the effect of loading a biospherically controlled atmosphere with the products of fossil fuel ... effect 8 Gaia : A new look at life on Earth.
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... effect on a passive inorganic atmosphere . Adaptive changes might take place which would lessen the perturbations due , for instance , to the accumulation of carbon dioxide . Or the perturbations might trigger some compensatory change ...
... effect on a passive inorganic atmosphere . Adaptive changes might take place which would lessen the perturbations due , for instance , to the accumulation of carbon dioxide . Or the perturbations might trigger some compensatory change ...
Spis treści
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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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